Here's a Max Thrax sestertius from my collection: Maximinus I, AD 235-238 Roman AE 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.
She is a bit rough, but I bet it feels really nice in the hand. Those big bronzes always do. I think the portrait on yours is fantastic, and the reverse is well done too. Here is my Denarius again.
now this is a ROUGH AE of MT! MAXIMINUS I, As, (Æ 25) 235-238 AD O: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate , draped and cuirassed, R: VICTO -RI -A AVG / S | C Victoria ( Victory ) walking right, holding a wreath in her right hand and a palm of the left hand, Rome mint, RIC 69, 25 mm 10.6 g
Here's one with, ironically enough, Pax on the reverse: Bronze Sestertius Rome mint, A.D. 236-238 Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM Rev: PAX AVGVSTI - Pax, standing left, holding branch and traverse scepter between S and C RIC 81 29mm, 15.9g.
THRAX RI Maximus Thrax 236-238 AE Sestertius Rome mint priestly emblems RI Maximinus Thrax 235-238 CE AR Denarius Victory stndg
I recently got a Max Thrax sestertius on eBay. I thought the portrait style was a bit more "bull-necked" and "square-headed" than most I've seen (including the wonderful examples in the post, OP on down). He kind of looks like Vespasian or Titus here (except for that chin). Weight and everything else seems okay...if anybody else has a "Vespasian-esque" example I'd love to see it (Roman Collector's is close). Or break my heart and tell me it's a fake...
I see no reason to suspect it of being fake. Looks perfectly legit to me. But I think he looks more like Frankenstein's monster than Vespasian.
Thank you for the thumb's up on my specimen - and yes, he does look like Frankenstein's Monster. Peter Boyle's version in "Young Frankenstein" perhaps?
