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brm_303492 - MAXIMINUS I Sesterce

MAXIMINUS I Sesterce AU
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420.00 €(Approx. 449.40$ | 361.20£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 237 - janvier 238
Date: 237-238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré sur un flan ovale. Très beau portrait de Maximin Ier. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
C.109 (8f.) - RIC.90  - BMC/RE.191  - RCV.8341 (600$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2) ; portrait C.
Obverse translation : “Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus”, (Maximin pieux auguste germanique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTO-RIA GERMANICA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée et ailée, debout de face, regardant à gauche, brandissant une couronne de la main droite et tenant une palme de la main gauche ; à ses pieds à gauche, un captif assis à gauche, les mains liées dans le dos, regardant derrière lui.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Germanica”, (La Victoire germanique).

Commentary

Poids léger. Portrait consulaire.

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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