brm_361040 - MAXIMUS CAESAR Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 237
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince à l’usure régulière. Beau portrait. Revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMVS CAES GERM.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Maxime à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21); portrait C.
Obverse translation : “Maximus Cæsar Germanicus”, (Maxime césar germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINC IVVENTVTIS.
Reverse description : Maxime debout à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre court de la main droite et une haste transversale de la gauche ; derrière, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Portrait triomphal (C).
Historical background
MAXIMUS CAESAR
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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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