RIC VI Cyzicus 75
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 311
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Cyzicus (ancient mint)AE2 in bronze struck at Cyzicus under Maximinus Daia, AD 311, catalogued as RIC VI Cyzicus 75. Obverse: Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right. Reverse: Altar, lighted and garlanded; on front panel, eagle. Obverse legend: DIVO MAXIMIANO MAXIMINVS AVG FIL. Reverse legend: AETERNAE MEMORIAE GALERI MAXIMIANI.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
Maximinus Daza was admitted to the Tetrarchy as caesar in 305 by his uncle Galerius, and he later claimed the title of augustus in 310. Following Galerius's death in May 311, Maximinus struck this bronze coinage at Cyzicus, an ancient city located in Mysia in Anatolia. The issue honours the memory of the deceased emperor, who had served as caesar under Diocletian before becoming augustus in 305.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- AE2
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Cyzicus
- Issuing authority
- Maximinus Daia
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right
- Reverse type
- Altar, lighted and garlanded; on front panel, eagle
- Obverse legend
- DIVO MAXIMIANO MAXIMINVS AVG FIL
- Reverse legend
- AETERNAE MEMORIAE GALERI MAXIMIANI
Identification
- How to identify
- RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.cyz.75
- Catalogue reference
- RIC VI Cyzicus 75
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.6.cyz.75
- Source note
- The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
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