RPC VI, 7130 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7130 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπ(όλεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design temple with four columns, with arched roof, enclosing Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding ears of corn; at her feet, river god Knydos swimming, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.71 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1602–4
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1901,0706.21
2 2     L: 1902,0610.54
3 3     P: 1352 SNG 1602
4 4     P: 1539.38 SNG 1603
5 5     P: 1539.48 SNG 1604
6 6     B: L1906
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.54587
8 8     V: GR 19247
9 9     CGT coll. = CNG 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 350
10 10     CNG 278, Apr. 2012, 218
11 11     Kunker 193, Sept. 2011, 903 (ex Triton XIII (2010), 1502
12 12     Brisbane: 2447