RPC VI, 7135 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7135 (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 ΜΗΤΡ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητρ(οπόλεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding long torch, facing Helios standing, right, raising hand and holding whip and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.12 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante 1103
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.54591
2 2     ✸ Levante 1103