Alexandria: Maximus (236-238 AD) [ AL_2592 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Barhäuptiges Brustbild des Maximus Caesar nach rechts, Panzer und Paludamentum | Nike schreitet nach links; hält in der Rechten Kranz, mit der Linken Palmzweig an Schulter; im Feld links L Γ |
| Depicted Person |
Maximus (236-238 AD)
(
Caesar
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front, bare-headed)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Cuirass (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Victoria / Nike (advancing, to the left, holding, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Peplos (worn)
Laurel wreath (held)
Branch - palm (held)
|
| Legend (edited) | Γ(ΑΙΟΣ) ΙΟΥΛ(ΙΟΣ) ΟΥΗΡ(ΟΣ) ΜΑΞΙΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ(ΣΑΡ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Caius Iulius Verus Maximus Caesar
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower left field
:
L Γ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10722 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
4630
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. III (Marc Aurel- Gallienus Nr. 1995-3014), Opladen 1982.
No.
2592
(This sample)
R. A. Haatvedt/E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis. The University of Michigan Excavations 1924-1935 (edited by E. M. Husselman), Ann Arbor 1964.
No.
667
(Comparable: -OHP-)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
3240
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
135
|
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
188f.
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