RPC VI, 219 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 219 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΕ (sic)
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Οὐήρ(ιος) Μάξιμος Κέ(σαρ)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Kabeiros standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left, lighted altar; to right, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.26 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 151–7, 160–4
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1438 Touratsoglou 157
2 2     P: 1439 Touratsoglou 160
3 3     B: B-I1028 Touratsoglou 161
4 4     G Hunterian I, 70 = Touratsoglou 156
5 5     Mu: Depositum Touratsoglou 162
6 6     A: 227/1978 Touratsoglou 153 (found in Macedonia)
7 7     Dresden: 2846 Touratsoglou 151
8 8     Istanbul: 1226 Touratsoglou 164
9 9     Milan: 6983 Touratsoglou 152
10 10     Philadelphia: 29-126-350 Touratsoglou 154
11 11     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 163
12 12     Tübingen: 1049 Touratsoglou 155
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 167