bpv_493030 - MAXIMINUS I Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 235-238
Mint name / Town : Ninica Claudiopolis
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection d’Edoardo Levante et de la vente CNG Eauction 123, 2005, n° 28
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CS IVL VER MAXI(MINVS].
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Caius Iulius Verus Maximinus”, (L’empereur Caius Julius Verus Maximin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NIN/ C// CLAV.
Reverse description : Paire de bœufs à droite conduite par un fondateur ; derrière, un étendard.
Reverse translation : “Ninica Claudiopolis”, (Ninica Claudiopolis).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que les exemplaires de la collection Levante n° 619-621, pl. 38-39. Cet exemplaire est celui reproduit dans l’ouvrage d’E. Levante, n° 621, pl. 39. Quatre contremarques au droit : 1) Niké ; 2) Niké ; 3 Niké ; 4) étoile à six rais (Howgego GIC 246 et 541.
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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