Maximinus Thrax Died on This Date In AD 238

In honor of the giant Roman Emperor, show your favorite Maximinus Thrax coin:

 

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Nice portrait and toning.


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

 

I don't have any. Wasn't he the murderer of Severus Alexander?

 

This sestertius commemorates Thrax’s defeat of the Alemanni in the Agri Decumates, after which he took the title Germanicus Maximus.



Maximinus Thrax, AD 235-238
Æ Sestertius, 31mm, 26.4g, 12h; Rome mint.
Obv. MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VICTORIA GERMANICA / S - C, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm branch; captive at her side.
Reference: RIC IVb 90, p. 147.

 

Yes!

 

My only two


Maximinus, Denarius struck in Rome in 236 AD
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 AD 235/236
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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My ONLY one! Although, I really like this Victory with Wreath... cool pose... more like "advancing"


RI Maximinus Thrax 235-238 CE AR Denarius Victory stndg

 

The cruel tyrannical giant together with his son Maximus, was slain by his own soldiers, just as his predecessor Severus Alexander.

 

I don't play favorites. Well, in this case there is a tie anyway.
Alexandria 4dr


Ninica Claudiopolis AE31

 

Moral of the story: Don't fight a man named Pupienus, because he is going to poo...what's that moderators? Family friendly forum? Uhm, never mind, forget the joke.

 

Very nice portrait on your coin Aethelred, I only have one with a representation of Anchialus city gate. Six arches along top and two large closed doors.

 

It's theorized that Maximinus had acromegaly, a condition caused by an overactive pituitary gland that produced excess amounts of human growth hormone. His facial features, along with his great size, shocked the contemporary figures at the top of the Roman world. He reputedly ate 40 lbs of meat and drank 18 bottles of wine at each meal. Still, he was a man in some ways of great merit, a simple shepherd who joined the Roman army and was promoted all the way up to the top position at the apex of the Imperial army.

 

Two, but beautiful.
I have loved the quality of Maximinus denarii and wrote a website on them (but since then I added a few AE too):

http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Maximinus/Maximinus.html

Here is one of his "special issue" types:



Early style.
VOTIS / DECENNA /LIBVS
BMC 17
BMC, page 90, comments that this reverse type is found with both the early and big chin portraits.
Sear 8319, not illustrated there.

 

Got that poo... and his buddy too...


RI Pupienus AR denarius bust r Concordia throne patera dbl cornucopiae Seaby 6


RI Balbinus 238 CE AR Denarius 20mm 3.7g Rome Laureate draped cuirasses - Victory wreath palm RIC 8

Now, if @Greg Heinrich would gift me his GI and GII... I would have all 6 of the Year of 6 Emperors...

 

A bit weak on the reverse, but I love the portrait on this one.


And because it's only fitting to have a giant coin for a giant emperor, here's a provincial from Anazarbus struck on an oversized 38mm flan.

 

As this is my only one it is my favorite one!

Maximinus I Thrax (235-238)
AR Denarius, Rome AD 235/6.
Obv.: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG - Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: PROVIDENTIA AVG - Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe in right hand, cornucopia in left.
20.32mm, 3.24g. Toned aXF
RIC IV 13

 

My only example, a sestertius commemorating victories in Germania which I chose because of the reference to struggles on the german frontier which Maximinus Thrax led:

 

Happy Birthday, Thrax ... lookin' good (keep your chin up)