This was also a CNG win that arrived this week. It is a Bronze Sestertius of Maximinus Thrax issued in AD 235-6. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 22.41 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 236. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC IV 58; BMCRE 72-4; Banti 11a. Good VF, dark green surfaces with traces of red. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 341 (17 December 2014), lot 371. Please post you Maximinus Thrax coins.
Amazing Sest! You could cut diamonds with that Jay Lenoesque chin! Wish I had something that striking in Roman imperial bronze. Here's a Denarius of mine:
Maximinus I. 235-238 AD. Æ Sestertius Struck 236 AD. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: P M TR P II COS P P, S- C across fields, Emperor standing facing, holding scepter; three standards around. RIC IV 33; BMCRE 80; Cohen 58.
Very nice. Yours talks about peace while mine celebrates war Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 19.27 g, 11h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, late AD 236-237. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA GERMANICA, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; to left, bound captive seated left, head right. RIC IV 90; BMCRE 194-5; Banti 31. VF, green and dark brown surfaces, traces of red, a little smoothing.
Aethelred, Nice score with a superb & accurate portrait . He doesn't look like the kind of guy you would mess with ....
Here's my denarius, FIDES MILITVM, which was true up until the siege of Aquilaea when his troops became impatient with the siege and its lack of success so they killed him and his son Maximus.
