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Medallion of Tarsus with bust of Maximinus I Thrax
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 235–238
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 40 mm. Weight: 25.96 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.335
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Maximinus right, laureate, draped.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: The Three Graces.
Inscriptions in Greek around, in field at right, and in exergue.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: The Three Graces.
Inscriptions in Greek around, in field at right, and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin VIII, no. 88); purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art, June 9, 1959, for $ 20.00