RPC VI, 7439 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7439 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ ΔΝС = 254
Dating 235/6
Obverse inscription Α(ΥΤ) Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΕΤ ΔΝϹ Γ Β (or Β Γ) (or ΑΝΑΖ [...] ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Β Γ ΕΤ ΔΝϹ)
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως ἔτ(ους) δνσʹ γʹ βʹ
Translation of Anazarbus metropolis, of year 254, 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate)
Reverse design agonistic crown with one palm branch on table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.23 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler 653–5, Ziegler, Prestige B45
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 145/1914 Ziegler 653.2
2 2     B: L1906 Ziegler 654
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.51926 Ziegler 653.1 = Ziegler, Prestige pl. 6.51
4 4     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 595
5 5     Ziegler 653.3
6 6     Ziegler 653.4
7 7     Ziegler 655
8 8     CGT coll. = London Ancient Coins Auction 36, 15 July 2014, lot 73 (sold as Tarsus)
9 9     NBS WA 7, 18 July 2021, lot 440 (Mopsus)
10 10     Biga Numismatics EA 33, 14–15 Sept. 2024, lot 643