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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4658347, member: 97383&quot;]I acquired the sestertius of Maximus, pictured below, earlier this year and didn&#039;t want to post it until I found a nice looking photo of a sestertius of his father Maximinus I, for comparison. There definitely is a family resemblance, but we don&#039;t know if the son was the enormous size of the father. Maximus, c. AD 216-238, probably received the title Caesar when he was 20 years old along with the title Germanicus. After serving 2 years with his father on the frontiers, both of them were murdered by their own troops near Aquileia. Their heads were sent back to the senate in Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximus as Caesar, AD 236 - 238, Rome Mint, AE Sestertius: 26.39 gm, 31 mm, 12 h. Obverse: Maximus draped and facing right, MAXIMVS CAES GERM. Reverse: Maximus holding baton and transverse spear, 2 standards behind him, PRINCIPI IVVENTVT S C. RIC 13.</b></p><p><b>Ex CNG Group, Auction 70, lot 1044, 2005</b></p><p><b>EX Munzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH, Auction 9, lot 638, 2001</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1149608[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1149606[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Photo of Maximinus I sestertius courtesy of CNG, Auction 464, lot 621.</b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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