brm_812450 - MAXIMINUS I Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: mars 235 - été 236
Date: 235-236
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien centré à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTIS/ DECENNA/ LIBVS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Votis Decennalibus”, (Voeux pour les dix ans).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portrait A. Type rare que nous présentons pour la première fois à la vente !.
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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