Maximinus I Thrax, AE38 of Ephesus, Ionia. 235-238 AD. 20.07g. 

Obv: AYT K G IOYL OYHPOC MAXIMEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: EFECIWN TRIC NEOKORWN, Victory, naked to waist, 
standing right, placing left foot on helmet, writing VIC / 
TORI / A A / VG in four lines onto round shield set on palm 
tree. 

Remarkable for the combination of Greek and Latin on the 
same reverse die, and perhaps unique: not in BM, SNG von 
Aulock, Head's Historia Numorum, only this specimen in Berk 
photofile. Sternberg VIII, 16 November 1978, 609 (this 
coin). cf. SNG Copenhagen 472 (no inscription on shield). 

Dark brown-green patina. EF.

Ex Sternberg VIII, 16 November 1978, lot 609.

Gemini Numismatic Auctions, Auction #6, January 10, 2010,
Lot 647.