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Maximinus I Æ Medallion of Pergamon, Mysia. AD 235-238. Aur. Neilos, strategos. AYTOKP K Γ IOYΛ BHPOC MAΞIMEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right / EΠI CTP AYP NEIΛOY ΠEPΓAMHNΩN, Asklepios standing facing, holding serpent-wreathed rod, beside Zeus seated left holding patera and sceptre; in upper middle field, urn containing palm branch; ΠPΩTΩN Γ NEΩKOPΩN in two lines in exergue. RPC Online 4232 (temporary); Cf. von Fritze, Pergamon pl. IV,10 = SNG France 2263 (Severus Alexander); cf. Gemini, IX, 512 (same dies). 47.86g, 43mm, 6h.
About Very Fine.
Depicting both Zeus and Asclepius in the reverse type, this impressive medallion of Maximinus I clearly references the famed Asclepieion at Pergamon, the sanctuary of healing outside of the city which contained a temple to Zeus-Asclepius, while also allowing plenty of space for the extensive legend. According to Bernhard Weisser, "after the reign of Caracalla, the coinage of Pergamum concentrated on a few key images, such as Asclepius or the emperor. At the same time, coin legends - especially civic titles - gained greater importance. This trend continued until the city's coinage came to an end under Gallienus" (cf. 'Pergamum as Paradigm' in Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces (C. J. Howgego, V. Heuchert & A. M. Burnett eds., 2005).
Unlike many other medallions and coins of Maximinus I from Pergamon (cf. SNG France 2264), this example escaped the obliterating effects of the damnatio memoriae decreed by the Senate after his death and retains a well preserved obverse and reverse.
About Very Fine.
Depicting both Zeus and Asclepius in the reverse type, this impressive medallion of Maximinus I clearly references the famed Asclepieion at Pergamon, the sanctuary of healing outside of the city which contained a temple to Zeus-Asclepius, while also allowing plenty of space for the extensive legend. According to Bernhard Weisser, "after the reign of Caracalla, the coinage of Pergamum concentrated on a few key images, such as Asclepius or the emperor. At the same time, coin legends - especially civic titles - gained greater importance. This trend continued until the city's coinage came to an end under Gallienus" (cf. 'Pergamum as Paradigm' in Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces (C. J. Howgego, V. Heuchert & A. M. Burnett eds., 2005).
Unlike many other medallions and coins of Maximinus I from Pergamon (cf. SNG France 2264), this example escaped the obliterating effects of the damnatio memoriae decreed by the Senate after his death and retains a well preserved obverse and reverse.