Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1548
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximus; Maximinus Thrax; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 236-238
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.05
Weight (g):  17.17
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 964. Presented by Mr C. C. Oman
BIRBI-R1548.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximus, bare, draped, facing r. Reverse: Maximus, in military attire, standing facing l., holding baton in r. and transverse spear in l.; behind him, two standards.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MAXIMVS CAES GERM (Maximus Caesar Germanicus). Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C (To The Prince of Youth; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 13

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Maximus
Roman

238
Maximinus Thrax
Roman

238
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Viewing Record 1 of 1