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<p>[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 3190644, member: 89687"]...at 1st glance at this coin there is no mistaken of who it is(all signs he suffered gigantism or acromegaly), although his earlier coins depict him looking much like his predecessor, Severus Alexander. His is the quintessential Cinderella like story in his rise to becoming Roman emperor, but one without a fairytale ending for he did not live happily everafter and would be killed in less than 3 years, with his severed head toted on a pole. He is noted to be the 1st emperor in that time known as the crisis of the 3rd century(but that started earlier) and the year of the 6 emperors in 238 CE.</p><p><br /></p><p>POST YOUR COINS AND COMMENTS PEEPS!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]823545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823546[/ATTACH] Maximinus l, Thrax , 235-238 CE MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM bust(l,d&c) right obverse/ VICTORIA GERMANICA, winged victory left holding wreath & palm, seated captive below. 29-30mm, 19.05gms. Rome mint, RIC 90, BMC 191[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 3190644, member: 89687"]...at 1st glance at this coin there is no mistaken of who it is(all signs he suffered gigantism or acromegaly), although his earlier coins depict him looking much like his predecessor, Severus Alexander. His is the quintessential Cinderella like story in his rise to becoming Roman emperor, but one without a fairytale ending for he did not live happily everafter and would be killed in less than 3 years, with his severed head toted on a pole. He is noted to be the 1st emperor in that time known as the crisis of the 3rd century(but that started earlier) and the year of the 6 emperors in 238 CE. POST YOUR COINS AND COMMENTS PEEPS!:)[ATTACH=full]823545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823546[/ATTACH] Maximinus l, Thrax , 235-238 CE MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM bust(l,d&c) right obverse/ VICTORIA GERMANICA, winged victory left holding wreath & palm, seated captive below. 29-30mm, 19.05gms. Rome mint, RIC 90, BMC 191[/QUOTE]
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