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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1935121, member: 25357&quot;]Nice one Bing!&nbsp; I like what I know of Maximinus Thrax, historical documents described him as a giant of a man.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;According to Historia Augusta, &quot;he was of such size, so Cordus reports, that men said he was eight foot, six inches (c. 2.5 metres) in height&quot;.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_Thrax#cite_note-36" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_Thrax#cite_note-36" rel="nofollow"><u>[36]</u></a> It is very likely however that this is one of the many &#039;tall tales&#039; in the Historia Augusta, and is immediately suspect due to its citation of &#039;Cordus&#039;, one of the several fictitious authorities the work cites&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia cut and paste history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Maximinus Thrax denarius.&nbsp; Not in great condition, but can still make out his profile.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus I “Thrax”;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>AD 235-238</p><p>Silver Denarius; 21mm/1.8g</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; MAXIMINVSPIVS AVG GERM, laureate bust right</p><p>Rev; VICTORIA GERM, Victory standing right with wreath &amp; palm, captive at feet.</p><p>(RIC 23, RSC 10)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334508[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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