Maximinus Thrax Cover Star on today´s Newspaper

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  1. Julius Germanicus

    Julius Germanicus Well-Known Member

    The big Thracian would have liked this!!!

    Now on my breakfast table: maybe for the first time ever a Roman Soldier Emperor gets the cover story in one of Germany´s major sunday papers:

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    "Revenge Campaign through Germania - how Soldier Emperor Maximinus Thrax and his legions executed vengeance against the insurgent tribes"

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    And here is the 235 a.D. equivalent of the story in the media of the day:

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    MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right /
    VICTORIA GERMANICA S C, Maximinus, in military attire, standing left, his right hand raised, holding spear in left, German captive seated left at his feet, looking back, emperor crowned by Victory standing left behind him, also holding palm.
    Sestertius, Rome, September 236- March 238
    32,34 mm / 21,64 gr
    RIC 93; BMCRE 198 and pl. 40; Cohen 114; MIR 26-5; Banti 33 (8 specimens)

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    Have a nice Sunday everybody! I´ll see the Harzhorn battle site and the Göttingen coin cabinet in a couple of days :)
     
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  3. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    Thank you for posting that:), (I don't subscribe to Welt).

    It looks like his legions marched right thorough the area where I live. Fascinating.
    That must have been a sight to behold.


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  4. Julius Germanicus

    Julius Germanicus Well-Known Member

    We should get us some metal detectors and discover the place where he reached the Elbe :)
     
  5. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    Absolutely!
    I am amazed how archeologists have managed to trace the route so precisely.
    However, It would make sense that the legions marched from Mainz following the main old roman road (what is not called the Elizabethen Strasse), and then on toward the northeast crossing the Limes and the Taunus Hills past the Saalburg castle, the biggest Roman Fortification on the Limes in the area.

     
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  6. RAGNAROK

    RAGNAROK Naebody chaws me wi impunitY

    The spokesman of the germanic tribes has said (breathing heavily):
    "
    C´mon, Die Welt? Fake news. We are bloody good" :blackeye::hurting::dead:
     
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  7. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    And the loyalty of the Army...

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  8. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Max Thrax Feelin' Good - the Victory Reverse may be from after his little excursion...?

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    RI Maximinus Thrax 235-238 CE AR Denarius Victory strutting?
     
  9. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Die big emperor hears his enemies yell, "Die big emperor!!!" (it would be more funny if I wasn't rushing to work:p)
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    MAXIMINUS
    235-238 AD. AR Denarius
    (18.55mm, 2.8 gm). Struck
    January 1, 236-Summer 236
    AD. Laureate, draped, and
    cuirassed bust right /
    Emperor standing facing,
    head left, between two
    standards, holding inverted
    spear. RIC IV 3;
     
  10. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    The angle of the coin and her bent knee make it look like she is hiking up a hill:rolleyes:
     
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  11. RAGNAROK

    RAGNAROK Naebody chaws me wi impunitY

    ...making a slam dunk?
     
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  12. walid

    walid New Member

    Worth something ?
     

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  13. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Awesome news story! Here's my only:
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    Maximinus Thrax, Rome, AD 235-238
    AE, sestertius, 31mm, 20g; 12h; AD 235-236
    Obv.: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG; laureate, draped bust right
    Rev.: PROVIDENTIA AVG; Providence standing left with cornucopiae and wand over globe at feet, S-C across field
     
  14. beef1020

    beef1020 Junior Member

    Love it!!!

    Mine: Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (28.5mm, 21.06 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, late AD 236-237. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA GERMANICA, S C across field, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; to left, bound captive seated left, head right. RIC IV 90; BMCRE 194-5; Banti 31. VF, dark gray patina, traces of red. CNG 377 lot 490

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