Æ42 - Maximinus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ?
Features
| Issuer |
City of Pergamum
(Conventus of Pergamum)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Maximinus I Thrax (Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus) (235-238)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 235-238 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 38.46 g |
| Diameter | 42 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 498670 |
| References | RPC Online VI# 4235 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Facing busts of Maximinus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and Maximus, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, left
Lettering: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΒΗΡ? ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ... ΙΟΥΛ ΒΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Βῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος --- Ἰούλιος Βῆρος Μάξιμος Καῖσαρ
Translation: Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus [---] Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Reverse
Homonoia standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia over a lighted altar, and Demete (?) standing facing, head right, holding ears of cor (?); above, between them, pelta
Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΤΡΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ?
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Νείλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων τρὶς νεωκόρων
Translation: under strategos Aurelius Neilos, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Mint
Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, TurkeyComments
von Fritze, Pergamon pl. VI,20, SNG France 2273, BMC 339
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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