Object numberCC59.2.0728
sestertius, Roman Empire, Maximinus, 235 CE
Date235 CE
Emperor
Maximinus
CultureItalian
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 2.96 cm, 18.47 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
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Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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Bust of Maximinus, laureate, bearded, draped, cuirassed.
IMPERATOR MAXIMINUS PIUS AUGUSTUS
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus
Maximinus in military dress, standing front, head l., between two standards, raising r. hand and holding vertical spear in l.
PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE II CONSUL PATER PATRIAE
P M TR P II COS P P
Pontifex maximus, with tribunician power for the 2nd time, consul, father of the fatherland.
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Severus Alexander
222-235 CE
Culture: Ancient Greek
