v31_0383 - MAXIMINUS I Denier
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 235
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais. Beau portrait inhabituel. Revers de style fin. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX - A-VGVSTI.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, brandissant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Pour le règne de Maximin Ier Thrace, le classement repose sur le travail de Jérôme Mairat dans ROME XII. Il a procédé au reclassement des émissions et des officines de l’atelier de Rome en s’appuyant sur la théorie des cycles. Portrait d’Alexandre Sévère de l’émission inaugurale de l’atelier de Rome qui ne connaît pas encore l’imago du nouvel empereur. Portrait A (consulaire).
Very heavyweight. For the reign of Maximin I Thrace, the classification is based on the work of Jerome Mairat in ROME XII. He reclassified the issues and officia of the Rome mint based on the theory of cycles. Portrait of Alexander Severus from the inaugural issue of the Rome mint, which does not yet know the imago of the new emperor. Portrait A (consular)
Very heavyweight. For the reign of Maximin I Thrace, the classification is based on the work of Jerome Mairat in ROME XII. He reclassified the issues and officia of the Rome mint based on the theory of cycles. Portrait of Alexander Severus from the inaugural issue of the Rome mint, which does not yet know the imago of the new emperor. Portrait A (consular)
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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