Lot 4327

Description

Cilicia, Ninica-Claudiopolis, Maximinus I (235-238), AE 29, (14.16 g), obv. C IVL V**P*. MAXIMU**G* CAET (sic), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maximinus I to right, rev. around COL NINIC, CLAV**D* in exergue, she-wolf standing right under tree, suckling the twins, (cf.S.3548, SNG France -, SNG Levante -, SNG Pfalzer 981 (same dies), CNG E-238, (lot 244 same dies), Kunker 143, lot 624 (same dies). Good very fine with attractive earthen green patina, rare and interesting.

Ex Dr V.J.A.Flynn Collection and previously Status International Sale 310 (lot 8147), also Noble Numismatics Sale 106 (lot 3423), coming from the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection and Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000 (lot 1138).
An unusual coin combining a portrait of Maximinus I and a blundered obverse legend for Maximus as Caesar. It is seemingly the work of an engraver with little knowledge of Latin in a region where Greek was the lingua franca.