Quinarius - Maximinus Thrax P M TR P III COS P P

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Maximinus I Thrax (Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus) (235-238)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	237
Value	Silver Quinarius (¼)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 280223
References	RIC IV.2# 5 (quinarius) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.max_i.5_quinarius Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM

Translation:
Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus.
Maximinus the pious, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.

Reverse

Maximinus Thrax, in military attire, standing left between two standard, raising right hand and leaning to left on spear held in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P III COS P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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