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| Issuer | Eucarpia (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts of Maximinus I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, facing right, and his son Maximus Caesar, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, facing left, set facing one another in the typical imperial pairing convention of Severan-era provincial coinage. The legend encircles the busts, identifying both rulers by their full titulature in Greek characters. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar) |
| Reverse description | The turreted city goddess (Tyche) of Eucarpia seated left on a high-backed throne, wearing a mural crown, holding a long sceptre upright in her right hand and ears of grain in her left hand, her feet resting on a footstool. The ethnic legend ΕΥΚΑΡΠΕΩΝ is inscribed in the field to either side of the enthroned figure. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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