RPC VI, 7131 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7131 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(ΟΛΕ) Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλε(ως) 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 22.88 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Levante 1095
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll. = CNG 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 351
1 1     ✸ Mu: 26826
2 2     M&M 30, May 2009, 1172
2 2     Levante 1095 = Roma Numismatics Ltd. 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2407
3 3     CGT coll. = ArtCoins Roma - E Auction 12, 10 Nov. 2013, lot 281
4 4     CGT coll. = Pecunem 19, 6 July 2014, lot 441
5 5     CGT coll.