RPC VI, 7137 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7137 (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 ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπό(λεως) 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 standing, right, holding spear and resting on shield; Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; and Nemesis standing, left, right hand raised to pluck chiton and holding rod; at her feet, griffin, left, placing paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.88 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1607, Levante 1101, BMC 221–2
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0704.12 BMC 221
2 2     L: 1889,1106.110 BMC 222
3 3     P: 1357 SNG 1607
4 4     Cop: 376
5 5     NY: 1944.100.54585
6 6     CGT coll. = CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 264
7 7     G&M 130, Mar. 2004, 1889 = RNum 4, Sept. 2012, 2408
8 8     Levante 1101
9 9     ✸ Savoca EA 108 Silver, 31 July 2021, lot 326
10 10     Münster: M 1335
11 11     Peus 416, 28 Apr. 2016, lot 255
12 12     Biga Numismatics EA 16, 18 Feb. 2023, lot 220