RPC VI, 7136 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7136 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Π(ατὴρ) 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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ 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 Heracles standing facing, head left, wrestling with Antaeus, holding him and lifting his body up from behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.91 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG France 1589
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1364 SNG 1589
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 273, 19 Nov. 2020, lot 362 = Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 779
3 3     Pacifico Coll, ex CNG EA 568, 14 Aug. 2024, lot 332