RPC VI, 4235 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4235 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus) ; Maximus (Caesar)
Magistrate Aurelius Neilos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΒΗ[Ρ?] ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ [...] ΙΟΥΛ ΒΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Βῆρ(ος) Μαξιμεῖνος [---] Ἰούλ(ιος) Βῆρ(ος) Μάξιμος Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus [---] Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design facing busts of Maximinus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and Maximus, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ[Ν?]
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Νείλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων τρὶ(ς) νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Neilos, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Homonoia standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia over a lighted altar, and Demeter(?) standing facing, head right, holding ears of corn(?); above, between them, pelta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 38.46 g
Reference von Fritze, Pergamon pl. VI,20, SNG France 2273, BMC 339
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1850,1128.84 BMC 339
2 2     P: 1407 SNG 2273
3 3     B: 300/1882 Mi S. V, 469, 1150
4 4     V: GR 35902
5 5     Münster: M 1032 Berghaus 1978, no. 1
6 6     CNG 165, May 2007, 158
7 7     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1969
8 8     CGT coll. = Pecunem 24, 2 Nov. 2014, lot 291
9 9     ✸ Giessen Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, München 95, Mar. 1999, 560