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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3212935, member: 44316&quot;]For Maximinus, year 4 (TRP IIII) is the rarest of that type. Your example is outstanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my page on the coins of Maximinus Thrax with special attention to his three portrait styles:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Maximinus/Maximinus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Maximinus/Maximinus.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Maximinus/Maximinus.html</a></p><p>Here is one of the coins on that page.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]834723[/ATTACH] </p><p>PM TRP IIII COS PP&nbsp; (year 4)</p><p>Struck 238 before April [BMC]</p><p>BMC 219</p><p>Sear 8314 (no photo)</p><p>22-19 mm. 2.25 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue is very small. Maximinus lost control of the Rome mint when the Gordians were proclaimed emperors at Rome in the beginning of April, 238. BMC suggests the mint had been preparing even before that by not issuing many coins in the name of Maximinus in 238.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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