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Æ29 - Maximinus ΕΥΚΑΡΠΕΩΝ

Issuer Eucarpia (Conventus of Apamea)
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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