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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4898711, member: 96898&quot;]My M-Thrax is the same reverse type as yours, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], but it&#039;s a later issue with the title Germanicus. On my coin, Maximus Thrax doesn&#039;t look similar to Severus Alexander anymore. By then, the engravers would have gotten used to the new guy&#039;s portrait. There is reasonable speculation that the peculiar and very prominent facial features of this emperor were caused by acromegaly:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182062[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Maximinus Thrax, Roman Empire, denarius, 236–238 AD, Rome mint. Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, bust of Maximinus Thrax, draped and laureate, r. Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing l., holding wand pointing at globe in r. hand and cornucopia in l. 20.4mm, 3.5g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Maximinus Thrax 20.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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