RPC VI, 3531


Image of specimen #8

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3531 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3531 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Prusias ad Hypium
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	ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition	Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation	of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design	draped youthful bust, right, of Kieros(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	14.10 g
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Rec 68
Specimens	11 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 1605	Rec 68 = I-B, JIAN 1, pl. II, 23	28	13.97	7		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.42369		27	15.19	7		Show
3	3	V-ON	SNG Leypold 269	30	16.40	7	Obv.: GIC 836 (denominational mark ΙΒ) Rev.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show
4	4	V-ON	SNG Leypold 270	30	15.20	6	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 836 (denominational mark ΙΒ)	Show
5	5		vA 907	29	16.57			Show
6	6	Milan: 6984		30			reverse tooled	Show
7	7		CNG EA 458, 18 Dec. 2019, lot 229	29.2	14.91	6	Obv.: GIC 836 (denominational mark ΙΒ)	Show
8	8 ✸		Herakles Numismatics	31	11.89		Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show
9	9		Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1291	30	13.96		Rev.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 836 (denominational mark ΙΒ)	Show
10	10		Roma EA 98 16 June 2022, lot 876; Dara Antiques Museum EA 2, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 756	30	11.39		Rev.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 836 (denominational mark ΙΒ)	Show
11	11		Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1134 = Roma Numismatics EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, lot 796 = Roma Numismatics EA 98, 16 June 2022, lot 876	29	11.49	6	Rev.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 836 (denominational mark ΙΒ)	Show