RPC VI, 7140 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7140 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μάξιμος Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως 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 Apollo standing facing, head right, raising arm on his head, holding bow and resting small column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.78 g
Axis 1
Reference Ziegler, Münzen 745, SNG France 1617–8, Levante 1106
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1372 SNG 1618 = Wa 4662
2 2     P: 1373 SNG 1617
3 3     B: 1518/1918
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     Mu: 63843
6 6     V: GR 28068
7 7     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 926
8 8     ✸ Levante 1106 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 710 = CNG 120, 11 May 2022, lot 646
9 9     Ziegler, Münzen 745 (ex Lanz 20, 1981, 754)
10 10     CNG EA 568, 14 Aug. 2024, lot 334