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Coin of Tarsus with bust of Maximinus I Thrax
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 235–238
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37 mm. Weight: 27.65 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3008
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Maximinus to right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field.
Revese: Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, head to left, shield in left hand, spear in right, stands in quadriga to front.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field.
Revese: Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, head to left, shield in left hand, spear in right, stands in quadriga to front.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963