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ID number: BIRBI-R1539 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximinus Thrax; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 236-238 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 21.83 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 71. W. H. Valentine, 1917. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus Thrax, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in extended r. transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG CERM (Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus). Reverse: ΓAX AVGVSTI S C (Peace of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 81
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