brm_651333 - MAXIMINUS I Denier
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Price : 175.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: avril - décembre
Date: 235
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant un superbe buste de Maximin ainsi qu’un revers finement détaillé. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son coupant. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2) ; portrait B.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus”, (L'empereur Maximin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS AVGVSTI.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) assise à gauche, appuyée sur son siège, tenant une patère de la main droite et nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d'un autel.
Reverse translation : “Salus Augusti”, (La Santé de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portrait B (militaire). La première émission se divise en deux phases : sur la première, la plus rare, les traits sont directement copiés sur ceux d’Alexandre Sévère ; ceux de la deuxième phase présentent un portrait idéalisé de Maximin Ier qui disparaît ensuite au profit du portrait B dit “militaire” avec le menton en galoche, proéminent.
Lightweight. Portrait B (military). The first emission is divided into two phases: on the first, the rarest, the features are directly copied from those of Alexander Severus; those of the second phase present an idealized portrait of Maximin I which then disappears in favor of the so-called “military” portrait B with the prominent galoshed chin
Lightweight. Portrait B (military). The first emission is divided into two phases: on the first, the rarest, the features are directly copied from those of Alexander Severus; those of the second phase present an idealized portrait of Maximin I which then disappears in favor of the so-called “military” portrait B with the prominent galoshed chin
Historical background
MAXIMINUS I
(March 22, 235 – c. April 15, 238)
Maximin, a soldier, owes his career to his very large size. He is noticed by Septimius Severus who makes him a Praetorian. Proclaimed august after the assassination of Alexander Severus, Augustus History presents him as a bloodthirsty boor, sworn enemy of the Senate. In three years of reign, he will never set foot in Rome and remains on the Rhine-Danubian limes. He won a great victory over the Germans in 236, settled in Sirmium and won a victory over the Sarmatians. Bringing all his care to the soldiers, he neglects Rome and imposes heavily the cities. Of Thracian origin, he was the first Illyrian emperor. In 238, numerous revolts broke out in Rome and in Africa. The Gordians are proclaimed august in Africa in January or February, while in Rome, Balbin and Pupien, two senators, are responsible for eliminating Maximinus, finally assassinated with his son Maximus under the walls of Aquileia which they besieged.
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