Description: Cilicia, Tarsos, Maximinus I (235 - 238 AD). ΑVΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟVΗ ΜΑΞΙΜЄΙΝΟC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΤΗC ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄWC; Hercules standing facing, head right, holding chlamys and leaning on club; A-M-K in left field, Γ-B in right.

Diameter: AE36 mm

Weight: 23 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG BN Paris 1609 (same dies)

Commentary: bronze, dark surfaces with lighter highlights, holed, two minor flan cracks

History: Maximinus was of impressive physique and his depictions on the coinage, with very strong chin and nose, suggest some kind of overgrowth.

Article Number: 016-04-01-41652