MAXIMINUS I Thrax AE sestertius - 235-236 AD

obv:: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG (laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG (Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe & cornucopiae), S-C in field
ref: RIC 61, Cohen 80
18.03gms, 28mm
Providence is most often depicted under the form of a female, clothed in a matron's gown, holding in her left hand a cornucopiae, or the hasta pura, and in her right a short wand, with which she either touches or points to a globe. This coin reverse type is intended to mark the power and wisdom of the emperor, who ruled the Roman world.

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