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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2152724, member: 57495&quot;]An Imperial portrait denarius of Maximinus I has been on my want list forever.&nbsp; Motivation to hunt one down was provided when [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] shared his <a href="http://esty.ancients.info/Maximinus/Maximinus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/Maximinus/Maximinus.html" rel="nofollow">excellent webpage</a> on the development of the emperor&#039;s portrait styles found on silver issues.&nbsp; You can find great coins in each of the different styles, but I really wanted the third, &#039;late period&#039; take on his distinctive mug for possibly being the closest to what he actually looked like.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I finally found the combination of right coin and right price in Frank Robinson&#039;s recent auction.&nbsp; The reverse is a bit weak, but the coin has the sort of old cabinet toning I love, and the portrait is strong and deeply struck, with the emperor looking like he could easily chin-butt someone to death.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]413264[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS I THRAX</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>2.77g, 19.5mm</p><p>Rome mint, 236 - 237 AD</p><p>RIC 23</p><p>O: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. </p><p>R: VICT-ORIA GERM, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; bound captive at feet.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Share your coins of Maximinus I, or any other rulers particularly well-endowed in the chin department!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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