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Æ22 - Maximinus ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ

Issuer	Colophon (Conventus of Ephesus)
Year	235-238
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Diameter	22 mm
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Obverse description	Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximinus I Thrax facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic three-quarter back view. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial Greek style, with the laureate wreath clearly distinguishable atop the head. The encircling Greek legend names the emperor by his full titulature, distributed around the periphery of the flan within a dotted border.
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Reverse description	Tyche, the personification of civic fortune, stands facing left in full figure, wearing a turreted crown and long chiton. She holds a ship's rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and foliage in her left arm, symbolizing the prosperity and good fortune of the city of Colophon. The Greek ethnic legend of the Colophonians is distributed in the field to either side of the figure, within a dotted border.
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Mint	Colophon (Ionia)
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