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brm_489223 - MAXIMINUS I Sesterce

MAXIMINUS I Sesterce AU
225.00 €(Approx. 243.00$ | 193.50£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: début-été
Date: 236
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés, avec des faiblesses de frappe sur les légendes. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
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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 : FIDES MI-LITVM/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité), drapée, debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).

Commentary


Poids léger. Portrait militaire (B) caractéristique de la deuxième émission. Rubans de type 3.

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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