Live auction - brm_428571 - MAXIMUS CAESAR Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 02 May 2017 14:51:36 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: automne
Date: 236
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Beau portrait de Maxime. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Belle patine vert 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).
Obverse translation : “Caius Iulius Verus Maximus Cæsar”, (Caius Jules Vérus Maxime césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVG// SC.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau à sacrifice, patère, vase à sacrifice, simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augusti”, (La Piété de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portrait B.
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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