Live auction - brm_888436 - MAXIMUS CAESAR Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 15:32:21 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 236-237
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,12 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Maxime, bien venu à la frappe. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMVS CAES GERM.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Maxime à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21) ; portrait (C).
Obverse translation : "Maximus Cæsar Germanicus", (Maxime césar germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVG.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau à sacrifice, patère, vase à sacrifice, simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augusti”, (la Piété de l'auguste).
Commentary
Portrait C “triomphal”. Revers inhabituel associé à la légende de droit.
Historical background
MAXIMUS CAESAR
(+238)
Caesar
Maxime is the son of Maximin and Pauline. In 236 he received the title of Caesar and that of Prince of Youth. After the victory of Maximin I Thrace over the Germans, he is associated with his father who receives the title of Germanicus. Maximus was assassinated with his father, near Aquileia, around April 15, 238.
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