E-auction 79-39123 - brm_237110 - MAXIMINUS I Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 90 € |
| Maximum bid : | 110 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 October 2014 15:22:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: mars-décembre
Date: 235
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait de Maximin. Patine marron superficielle. nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2) ; portrait A.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité), drapée, debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Portrait consulaire (A) caractéristique de la première émission. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type de sesterce avec ce type de buste qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Avec ce type de portrait, Maximin a encore les traits d’Alexandre Sévère.
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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