RPC VI, 3482 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3482 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μάξιμος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Helios(?) standing nude facing, head right, wearing radiate crown and chlamys, holding sceptre and ears of corn(?); behind, eagle flying, left, head right, over altar around which a serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.57 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 349
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 62 = Rec 349