RPC VI, 3051 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3051 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΖΕΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ (sic, retrograde Ζ) ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαζειμεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.70 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 151
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1549 Rec 151 = Wa 514
2 2     Yale: 2004.6.2306
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     vA 878
5 5     Savoca 24th Blue Auction, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 793
6 6     Aquila Numismatics 14, 12 Apr. 2024, lot 383