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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Maximus| > RB65385
Maximus, Caesar, 235 or 236 - 24 June 238 A.D.
|Maximus|, |Maximus,| |Caesar,| |235| |or| |236| |-| |24| |June| |238| |A.D.|, A.D. 238 was the year of six emperors. Maximinus Thrax was killed (along with his son Maximus Caesar) when his soldiers mutinied. Gordian II was killed in battle. Gordian I hanged himself. Pupienus was lynched by his bodyguard. Balbinus was beaten and dragged naked through the streets of Rome before being killed by the Praetorians. Gordian III lived to become sole emperor.
RB65385. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 13, BMCRE V 213, Hunter III 11, Cohen IV 14, SRCV III 8411, VF, Rome mint, weight 22.170g, maximum diameter 30.7mm, die axis 45o, early 236 - Apr 238 A.D.; obverse MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS (to the Prince of Youth), Maximus standing left, scepter in right, transverse spear in left, two military standards behind, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; scarce; SOLD




  







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