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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Maximinus II| > RL88739
Maximinus II Daia, May 310 - 30 April 313 A.D.
|Maximinus| |II|, |Maximinus| |II| |Daia,| |May| |310| |-| |30| |April| |313| |A.D.|, Jupiter or Jove, Zeus to the Greeks, was the king of the gods and god of the sky and thunder, and of laws and social order. As the patron deity of ancient Rome, he was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with his sister and wife Juno. The father of Mars, he is, therefore, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Emperors frequently made vows to Jupiter for protection. The Roman's believed as the king of the gods, Jupiter favored emperors and kings, those in positions of authority similar to his own.
RL88739. Billon follis, RIC VI Thessalonica 50a, SRCV IV 14866, Cohen VII 113, Hunter V 21 var. (1st officina), F, well centered, dark patina, light marks, light deposits, 3rd officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 5.289g, maximum diameter 24.7mm, die axis 0o, 305 - 306 A.D.; obverse MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse IOVI CONSERVATORI (to Jupiter the protector), Jupiter standing half left, nude but for paludamentum over shoulders and left arm, globe in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, wreath left, Γ right, •SM•TS• in exergue; SOLD











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