RPC VI, 3533 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3533 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥ[Γ?]
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design Heracles standing nude facing, head right, wrestling against the giant Antaeus and hurling him to the ground(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.78 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0213.201