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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 25524794, member: 10613&quot;]A lot of interest in Maximinus...I think he would approve. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my favorite coin of his and it is not a GENIO type. It has a bust worthy of the last Pharaoh (and I just noticed I had the A and O of Pharaoh in the title and original post switched...Maximinus would not approve <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1634755[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Maximinus II</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 309- 310</font></p><p><font size="4">Ӕ follis 26mm 6.4g</font></p><p><font size="4">MAXIMINVS NOB CAES; Helmeted (with gryphon crest) and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield decorated with two horsemen with Draco standards riding to left, four enemies below them; on cuirass, gorgoneion; on helmet, Sol standing facing in quadriga, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left, around, stars and crescent, crest ending in griffin.</font></p><p><font size="4">VIRTVS EXERCITVS; Mars standing front, head to left, resting right hand on decorated shield and holding spear in left; in field to left, lighted altar; B in right field.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. ANT RIC VI Antioch 125</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The mint of Antioch struck this type for Galerius and Maximinus. Antioch was likely his principal residence from 309- 311, so not surprising this special type was struck there. This type may also have referenced the campaign against the Sassanids (not only the martial bust, but also battle scene on shield) waged by Maximinus (late 309-early 310) and perhaps also his desire to be named Augustus; which may have happened during the same campaign-- “at the last general muster he had been saluted by his army under the title of Augustus.” (Lactantius XXXII) Galerius recognized him as Augustus (mid 310) but since the troops of Maximinus had already raised him up, this was probably just a formality.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">a bit from Ammianus Marcellinus on the draco standards carried by the horsemen on the shield-</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">&quot;Behind the motley cavalcade that preceded him the emperor&#039;s person was surrounded by purple banners woven in the form of dragons and attached to the tops of gilded and jewelled spears; the breeze blew through their gaping jaws so that they seemed to be hissing with rage, and their voluminous tails streamed behind them on the wind.&quot; The Later Roman Empire book 16 10:7</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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