v38_1163 - MAXIMINUS II Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,29 g.
Officine: 14e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré. Beau portrait de haut relief. Joli revers de style fin. Très belle patine marron vert olive foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maximin II Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Galerius Valerius Maximinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Galère Valerius Maximin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - AVGVSTI/ .
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) coiffé du modius, debout à gauche, à demi nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant une tête radiée de Sol (le Soleil) de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse legend : *|ID// ANT
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l’auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
Historical background
MAXIMINUS II
(1/05/305-04/313)
Augustus
Maximin II, nephew of Galerius, became Caesar on May 1, 305. After the death of Constantius I Chlorus on July 25, 306, he did not become august and remained subordinate to Galerius. At the end of the conference of Carnuntum in November 308, it is only Filius Augustorum while Licinius I becomes august directly. It was not until the following year that Maximin II took the title of august. After Galerius' death in May 311, he was the oldest of the surviving tetrarchs. He falls out with Licinius and Constantine I, while he tries to get closer to Maxentius. After 312, Licinius turns against him and he is finally eliminated in 313.
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