RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 108

Typological Description

  • Date Range: AD 235 - AD 238
  • Object Type: Coin
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Denomination: Sestertius
  • Material: Bronze

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
    • Type: Bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
    • Portrait: Maximinus Thrax

    • Reverse

      • Legend: P M TR P . . . . . . II D . . . S C
      • Type: Sol, radiate, naked but for mantle over shoulders, standing left, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand
      • Deity: Sol