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!
AR23 - Maximinus L Γ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
|---|---|
| Year | 236-237 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 12.71 g |
| 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 | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximinus I (Thrax) facing right, seen from the rear, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy is rendered in the robust, military style characteristic of Alexandrian provincial coinage of the Severan era. The obverse legend in Greek letters encircles the bust within a beaded border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ) ϹΕ(Β) |
| Reverse description | Zeus, the chief deity of the Alexandrian reverse type, stands facing left in a dignified pose, his right hand extended to hold a patera and his left hand grasping a long sceptre. At his feet to the left, an eagle is depicted with head turned back in the characteristic retrograde pose. The regnal year date appears in the right field, and the composition is set against a plain field within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| 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 |