Live auction - bpv_498131 - MAXIMINUS I Decassaria
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| Estimate : | 780 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 14:47:36 |
Type : Decassaria
Date: c. 235-238
Mint name / Town : Tarse, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse legend : AUT. K. G. IOU. OUH. - MAXIMEINOS SE-B/ P P.
Reverse
Reverse description : Héraklès (Hercule) nu debout de face, tourné à droite, tenant la massue de la main droite, posée sur une tête de taureau, la léonté reposant sur le bras gauche ; devant Télèphe caresse un cerf dressé sur ses pattes arrières ; à droite, un arbre d’où s’envole un oiseau.
Reverse legend : TARSOU TH-S MHTROPOL-EwS/ A/M/K/ G/B.
Reverse translation : (Ville de Tarse deux fois décorée).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires de la collection Levante (n° 1098 et du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (n° 1613, pl.83.
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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