Maximus has always been one of the scarcer emperors I have needed and back in May I was looking over Vauctions and this coin wasn't seeing any action, on the closing day it still didn't get any so I put in a bid & won it along with the usual auction juice. Very excited to add this emperor, and in Tet. form too. Maximus (235 - 238 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria Billon Tetradrachm O: Γ IOVΛ OYHR MAZIMOC KAI, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: Draped bust of Selene right; crescent moon before; L Γ (date) behind. Dated RY 3 of Maximinus I (AD 236/237). 13.29g 24mm Milne 3226; Berlin 18208491, Athens 3931; Mathies 60. Emmett 3333.3 (R3). Ex. Pegasi Numismatics - Auction 42, lot 378, May 19, 2020 Pending Wildwinds Publishing
Nice one, @Mat . Mr Tet King. Toning is nice and matches both sides. In the pic it looks more AR than BI. Great. I have but an AE... RI Maximus Thrax JUNIOR 236-238 AE Sestertius Rome mint priestly emblems
Great coin, @Mat! I love me a Selene reverse... It's one that has alluded me so far (at a reasonable pric , anyways).
Really nice looking coin. Amazing how he resembles his father so closely in his profile, especially his chin. It is speculated the Maximinus suffered from gigantism; I wonder if his son inherited this same condition?
@octavius I never read anything about his son having it, but it's possible his son may have ended up taller than the average person back in those days.
Gorgeous tet @Mat I can contribute with a sestertius Maximus, Sestertius - Rome mint, AD 236-238 MAXIMVS CAES GERM, Draped bust of Maximus right PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Maximus standing left with two standards behind him, SC in field 18.64 gr Ref : RCV #8411, Cohen #14 Q
Great coin, with superb untouched surfaces. Maximus standing left, holding baton and spear; two signa/standards behind. RIC IV 13; BMCRE 213-7; Banti 6.
Another sestertius of Maximus - same as @Cucumbor , with Principi Iuventutis reverse. Looks like he's wearing makeup here. followed by his father - obvious similarity in appearance.
