RPC VI, 7134 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7134 (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 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?] ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ 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 Athena (or Roma?) standing facing, head left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.37 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG Anamur 342
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Anamur: 1.540.91 SNG 342
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ Biga 9, 24 Apr. 2022, lot 488