RPC VI, 74 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 74 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Dium
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription C IVL VER MAXIMVS CAES
Edition Caius Iulius Verus Maximus Caesar C(aius) Iul(ius) Ver(us) Maximus Caes(ar)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL DIENSIS (or DIENS[reversed]IS), D D
Edition colonia Iulia Diensis decreto decurionum col(onia) Iul(ia) Diensis d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation the Julian colony of Dium, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; to left and right, serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Kremydi-Sicilianou 231, 11–13
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1906,1007.10 Kremydi-Sicilianou 12.3
2 2     A Kremydi-Sicilianou 13.4
3 3     Thessaloniki Kremydi-Sicilianou 11.1
4 4     Thessaloniki Kremydi-Sicilianou 12.2
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 21st Blue, 24 June 2019, lot 665
6 6     Lucernae Numismatics VIGESIMO PRIMERA XXI, 21 July 2024, lot 297