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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4658461, member: 87404&quot;]Very nice sestertius of Maximus you have, Al! Very fitting for your collection! </p><p><br /></p><p>I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/maximinus-thrax.362897/page-3#post-4612075" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/maximinus-thrax.362897/page-3#post-4612075">recently posted about an academic article</a> about Maximus and his father regarding their &quot;barbarous-ness&quot; and fitting in with the Roman upper crust and greater society as caesar and emperor, respectively. I found it very interesting! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my recent Maximus sestertius acquisition:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/incollage_20200524_153639014.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Maximus, as Caesar, 235-238 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck Late 236-237 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed bust, draped, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: PIETAS AVG, emblems of the pontificate: littus, secespita, patera, capis, simpulum, and aspergillum, SC below.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC iV 11</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 29mm, 16.97g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex: Warren Esty, Augustus Coins (5/17/20);</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ken Dorney, Auction 9 (11/29/19), lot #133;</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ken Dorney, VCoins (n.d.), #4750;</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Owl Coins, Spring-Summer List (1976), Lot #90</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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