Maximinus I - Thrax

[expat]

My first Thrax arrived this morning. The camera does not show the glorious luster unfortunately.

Please post your Maximinus I coins or anything related.

MAXIMINUS I Thrax (late portrait) Denarius. (Ar. 2.56g/22mm). 235-236 AD Rome.
RIC 14, RSC 85a, BMC 99, Sear5 #8316, Cohen 85
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left, feeding from patera a serpent arising from altar. Good Very Fine/ Almost Very Fine.

[John Conduitt]

I recently got a second of him, but this is the one I've photographed.

Maximinus I Thrax Denarius, 235-238

Rome. Silver, 18-20mm, 1.51g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG. Pax standing half-left holding branch and transverse sceptre; PAX AVGVSTI (RIC IV.2, 12). Found Peterborough.

[Orange Julius]

Nice coin! Here’s mine of the same type:

…and also the obverse of my favorite (because I can’t find the whole photo with the reverse):

[Kali]

Maximinus (235 - 238 A.D)

AR Denarius
O: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and transverse scepter.
20mm
3.1g
Rome
RIC 019 RSC 037

Maximinus I (235 - 238 A.D.)

Egypt, Alexandria
Potin Tetradrachm
O: AYTO MAΞIMINOC EVC CEB Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: Athena standing facing, head left, holding shield and spear; L Δ (date) across field. Dated RY 4 (237/8 AD)
9.4g
24mm
Köln 2580 var. (obv. legend); Dattari 4567; K&G 65.57; Emmett 3274.4

Maximinus I (235 - 238 A.D.)

Billon Tetradrachm
O: AVTO MAΞIMINOC EVC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right .
R: Nike walking left, wearing long chiton, carrying wreath and palm; LΓ in left field. Y 3 = AD 236-237.
13.38g
23mm
Dattari 4583; Emmett 3288.3

Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 36, Lot 242, May 5, 2017

 

 

[Dafydd]

MAXIMINUS THRAX (235-238 AD) Sestertius. Rome.
Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus Thrax, right.
Rev: PM TR P IIII COS PP / S - C.
Emperor in military dress standing left with three standards and sceptre.
RIC IV, 40.
Condition: VF.
Weight: 17.95 g.
Diameter: 30.2 mm.

Ex Bucephalus Numismatic, Auction 4 Belgium

Maximinus I Thrax AD 235-238. Rome
Sestertius Æ

31mm., 18,59g.
Ex Savoca Auction 16 2019.

 

 

[Jims,Coins]

 

Silver Coin (AR Denarius) minted at Rome during the reign of MAXIMINUS I between c. March 235 - January 236 A.D. Obv. IM         P.MAXIMINVS.PIVS.AVG.: bust r., laur., dr., cuirassed. Rev. PROVIDENTIA.AVG.: Providentia stg. l., holding wand over globe and cornucopia. RCS #2345. RSCIII #77. RICIV #13. DVM #9.

[Roman Collector]

Nice one, @expat!!! Here's the sestertius with that reverse type.

Maximinus I, AD 235-238.
Roman Æ Sestertius, 26.7 mm, 18.01 gm.
Rome, AD 236-238.
Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: SALVS AVGVSTI SC, Salus enthroned left, feeding snake arising from altar.
Refs: RIC-85; BMCRE-175, Sear-8338; Cohen-92.

[ambr0zie]

And here's another sestertius with the same design but different obverse legend 

Maximinus I Thrax AD 235-238. Rome. Sestertius Æ. 30 mm, 19,25 g. AD 235 - AD 236
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right / SALVS AVGVSTI S C, Salus, draped, seated left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 64

[Qcumbor]

Nice example @expat struck on a large planchet 

I have a couple of his, denarius and sestertius

Maximinus, Denarius - Rome mint, 236 CE
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate and draped bust of Maximinus right
PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing left, holding an olive tree branch
3.33 gr
Ref : Cohen #31, RCV #8310

 

Maximinius, Sestertius - Rome mint, 235/236 CE
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right
PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia, globe at her feet
22.73 gr
Ref : Cohen # 80, RCV # 8337

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[Prieure de Sion]

Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus I Thrax
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 235/236 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 20.16g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 43; Obverse: Bust of Maximinus I Thrax, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG for Imperator Maximus Pius Augustus; Reverse: Fides, draped, standing front, head left, holding military standard in each hand. The Inscription reads: FIDES MILITVM S C for Fides Militum, Senatus Consultum (Loyalty of the soldiers. Decree of the senate).

Fides was the Roman personification of trust, loyalty and oath. She was also venerated under the name Fides Publica Populi Romani (roughly “general trustworthiness of the Roman people”). According to tradition, Rome’s second king Numa Pompilius established annual festivals in honour of Fides, and instituted that the higher priests (the three flamines maiores) were brought to the temple in a covered vaulted chariot drawn by two horses. There they were to conduct Fides’ services with their heads covered and their right hands wrapped up to their fingers, thus showing absolute devotion to Fides and symbolising trust. There is historical evidence of the erection of a temple on the Capitol during the 1st Punic War. Its temple in Rome, consecrated in 254 BC by the consul Aulus Atilius Caiatinus, was located on the Capitol near the temple of Jupiter. Here the Roman Senate signed and kept treaties with other states, entrusting them to Fides’ protection. As a rule, a standing woman is depicted, usually with ears of corn and a basket of fruit or a cornucopia and bowl. She thus embodies the “Fides publica” – the promise of trust and loyalty between the emperor and the Roman people. In the later – and increasingly uncertain – imperial period, more and more issues of the “Fides militum” and the “Fides exercitus” were added, mostly with military attributes such as spear, sceptre, standard or aquila. These coins fervently invoke the loyalty of the legions and soldiers to their emperor. Since Maximinus Thrax was not very popular, he was particularly dependent on loyalty and fidelity as emperor. However, this did not help him - Maximinus was slain by his own troops in April 238 AD - more precisely: by soldiers of legio II Parthica.

 

[Al Kowsky]

I posted these coins recently but will post again for this thread, both coins are are sestertii struck at the Rome mint. The top coin is Maximinus Thrax with Pax on the reverse holding a scepter & olive branch, & the bottom coin is Maximus, son of Maximinus Thrax, holding a scepter & spear with legionary standards behind him. Each had been awarded the title of Germanicus Maximus, as their obverse inscriptions indicate. 

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Another FIDES MILITVM reverse like @Prieure de Sion but this in a denarius.

 

[Tejas]

This is my favorite Maximinus Thrax from my collection. A common coin, but with the scarcer early portrait and in great condition.

 

 

[Julius Germanicus]

Last chance to show my beloved Maximinus Thrax VICTORIA GERMANICA Sestertius and those of his wive Diva Paulina and his son Maximus Caesar before parting with them at Leu Numismatics Auction 26 on Tuesday 😞:

 

[Tejas]

Great coins, I love the VICTORIA GERMANICA

[Ursus]

2 hours ago, Tejas said:

Great coins, I love the VICTORIA GERMANICA

+1. That's a great coin, in particular because of it's likely connection to the campaign that included the "Harzhornereignis".

My Max Thrax coins have less fascinating reverses:

Maximinus Thrax, Roman Empire, denarius, 235–236 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, bust of Maximinus Thrax, draped and laureate, r. Rev: FIDES MILITVM, Fides, draped, standing front, head l., holding military standard in each hand. 2.49g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Maximinus Thrax 7A.

Maximinus Thrax, Roman Empire, denarius, 236–238 AD, Rome mint. Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, bust of Maximinus Thrax, draped and laureate, r. Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing l., holding wand pointing at globe in r. hand and cornucopia in l. 20.4mm, 3.5g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Maximinus Thrax 20.

Maximinus Thrax, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 235–236 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG; bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: PAX AVGVSTI; Pax, draped, standing l., holding branch in extended r. hand and transverse sceptre in l. hand. 21mm, 2.78g. Ref: RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 12 (denarius).