Live auction - brm_829775 - MAXIMINUS II Pseudo-argenteus
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 15:49:27 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Pseudo-argenteus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan large et bien centré avec une partie du grènetis visible, légèrement fendu au droit à 10 heures. Portrait fantastique, parfaitement venu à la frappe. Revers de toute beauté. Magnifique patine grise avec des reflets métalliques dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMI-NVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin II auguste à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche (J1).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximinus Augustus”, (L'empereur Maximin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-C-TO COMITI// PTR.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, levant la main droite, et tenant un globe de la main gauche dans un char de face.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil Invincible).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges visibles sous le buste. Globe orné d’une croisette avec un minuscule point d’oxydation. Ce pseudo-argenteus est en fait le plus rare de la série.
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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