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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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Maximinus Thrax
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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