bpv_608364 - MAXIMINUS I Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 235-238
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Frappe molle au droit. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, et cuirassé de Maximin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière, le bouclier sur l’épaule.
Obverse legend : AUT MAXIMEINOS EUS), (Autokrator Maximeinos Eushbios).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Maximin pieux).
Reverse
Reverse description : Cybèle drapée assise à gauche, tenant une phiale de la main droite, le bras gauche appuyé sur un tambourin posé sur le trône ; un lion à se spieds.
Reverse legend : AG-CI-ALE(WN), (Umpianwn Agcialewn).
Reverse translation : (d’Anchialus).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Frappé avec des coins usés. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Varbonov, II, p. 48, n° 485 et 486. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons 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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