RPC VI, 5045 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5045 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (or ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ), ΥICTORIA
Edition Ἐφεσίων τρὶς νεωκόρων Victoria
Translation of the Ephesians, three times neocorate, Victoria
Reverse design Victory standing, right, placing foot on helmet, inscribing round shield fixed on palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 17.43 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 834
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note The inscription on the shield is probably present on both rev. dies; it is barely or not liegible at all even when it is definitely there

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.82 Karwiese 834.3
2 2     Cop: 472 Karwiese 834.5
3 3     V: GR 17253 Karwiese 834.1
4 4     V-ON Karwiese 834.2 = SNG Leypold 612
5 5     ✸ Karwiese 834.4 = Gemini, L VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 647
6 6     Karwiese 834.6 = Hirsch 13, lot 3695
7 7     Verona: 72158 SNG 1536