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<p>[QUOTE="Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8605516, member: 100951"]Maximinus’s denarii are a great choice for novice collectors as they’re relatively affordable, plentiful in high grades, and most examples are sharply struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting that Maximinus’s coinage featured three different obverse bust types.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first bust type depicts Maximinus with a similar appearance to Severus Alexander. Presumably, Maximinus’s early coins were struck using reworked dies of Severus Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd bust type depicts Maximinus as a more mature, hardened military man. My denarius features this 2nd bust type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The final bust type is notorious for depicting Maximinus with a prominent brow ridge and large chin. This 3rd portrait hints at Maximinus’s acromegaly, a genetic condition in which individuals grow to enormous sizes. Roman historians claimed that Maximinus was an 8 foot tall giant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8605516, member: 100951"]Maximinus’s denarii are a great choice for novice collectors as they’re relatively affordable, plentiful in high grades, and most examples are sharply struck. I find it interesting that Maximinus’s coinage featured three different obverse bust types. The first bust type depicts Maximinus with a similar appearance to Severus Alexander. Presumably, Maximinus’s early coins were struck using reworked dies of Severus Alexander. The 2nd bust type depicts Maximinus as a more mature, hardened military man. My denarius features this 2nd bust type. The final bust type is notorious for depicting Maximinus with a prominent brow ridge and large chin. This 3rd portrait hints at Maximinus’s acromegaly, a genetic condition in which individuals grow to enormous sizes. Roman historians claimed that Maximinus was an 8 foot tall giant.[/QUOTE]
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