brm_901097 - MAXIMINUS II DAIA Follis ou nummus
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Price : 130.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,21 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie frappée sur un flan idéalement centré. Un petit plat de frappe au revers. Autrement, de très jolis détails. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maximin II César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Valerius Maximinus Nobilissimus Caesar", (Galère Valère Maximin très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO CA-ESARIS/ -|-// MK(GAMMA).
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, coiffé du modius, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Genio Caesaris", (Au Génie du césar).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Heavy weights. This type actually seems rarer than general literature suggests.
Heavy weights. This type actually seems rarer than general literature suggests.
Historical background
MAXIMINUS II DAIA
(1/05/305-04/313)
Caesar
Maximin II, nephew of Galerius, became Caesar on May 1, 305. After the death of Constantius I Chlorus on July 25, 306, he did not become august and remained subordinate to Galerius. At the end of the Carnuntum conference in November 308, he was only Filius Augustorum, while Licinius I became august directly. It was not until the following year that Maximin II would take the title of august, a title recognized by Galerius only in 310. After Galerius' death in May 311, he was the oldest of the surviving tetrarchs. He falls out with Licinius and Constantine I, while he tries to get closer to Maxentius. After 312, Licinius turns against him. He is finally eliminated in 313.
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