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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: 33.76 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.243
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Maximinus to right, wearing radiate crown, paludamentum and cuirass.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in right and left fields.
Reverse: Judgment of Paris, with, from left to right, Athena standing with spear and shield, Hera seated, veiled and draped, Aphrodite standing nude, all to right; facing them, Paris seated left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding apple in right hand, crook in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek above, below right, and in exergue.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in right and left fields.
Reverse: Judgment of Paris, with, from left to right, Athena standing with spear and shield, Hera seated, veiled and draped, Aphrodite standing nude, all to right; facing them, Paris seated left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding apple in right hand, crook in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek above, below right, and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin VIII, no. 90); purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art, April 9, 1959, for $ 196.50 (this is the total price for 59.232-59.244)