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brm_408813 - MAXIMUS CAESAR Sesterce

MAXIMUS CAESAR Sesterce XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 400.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: début - été
Date: 236
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33,50 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 24,16 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, épais et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : C IVL VERVS MAXIMVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Maxime à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21) ; portrait B.
Obverse translation : “Caius Iulius Verus Maximus Cæsar”, (Caius Jules Vérus Maxime césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Maxime tête nue, en habit militaire, debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant une baguette de la main droite et une haste transversale de la gauche ; à droite, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Au Prince de la jeunesse).

Commentary


Portrait militaire.

Historical background


MAXIMUS CAESAR

(+238)

Caesar

Maxime is the son of Maximin and Pauline. In 236 he received the title of Caesar and that of Prince of Youth. After the victory of Maximin I Thrace over the Germans, he is associated with his father who receives the title of Germanicus. Maximus was assassinated with his father, near Aquileia, around April 15, 238.

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