Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ18 - Maximinus ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
| Issuer | Heraclea Pontica (Bithynia and Pontus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 235-238 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front. The youthful effigy displays characteristic provincial portraiture of the mid-third century, with short hair and paludamentum over the cuirass. The surrounding Greek legend identifies the subject by his full imperial titulature. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Draped bust of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet and aegis with serpent border, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Pontic civic coinage. The goddess is depicted with her characteristic martial attributes, the helmet prominently shown in profile. The encircling Greek legend names the issuing city in the genitive, occupying the field around the bust. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |