MaximinusMaximinus I was a giant of a man, and possessed of natural fighting ability. He rose through the ranks of the Roman army during the reign of Severus Alexander. After a successful governorship in Mesopotamia, he was sent to the Rhine frontier to oversee the regions army recruitment levies. In 235 A.D. he was proclaimed emperor by troops offended by Severus Alexander's peace loving character, and the galling fact that his mother, Julia Mamaea, was the true power in the empire. Maximinus campaigned with great success against the Germanic tribes, but his great cruelty towards the nobility whom he hated, and general ruthlessness inspired several rebellions, notably the failed Gordian rebellion and then the rebellion of Balbinus and Pupienus. Maximinus marched against the latter two, and during the abortive siege of Aquileia his troops deserted and murdered him.
Average well preserved denarius weight 3.04 grams.
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MAXIMINVS (Caius Julius Verus), born in Thrace, A.D. 173, of an obscure and barbarous family, the son of Micea, a Goth, and of Ababa, an Alanian. This herdsman, by original occupation, entering into the Roman cavalry, attracted by his extraordinary size and strength the notice of Septimius Severus, who eventually raised him to military dignities. ---- Alexander Severus caused him to be elected a senator, and appointed him to different governments. In the war against Persia he shewed his courage and capacity. Accompanying that excellent Emperor into Germany, he basely procured his assassination; and then usurped the empire C.E. 235. The army having proclaimed his Augustus, he associated with himself his son Maximus, as Caesar, and the Senate confirmed their election. A harsh and distrustful tyrant, pride, insolence, avarice, and bloodthirstiness governed all his actions. Of gigantic stature and of prodigious muscular powers, the wondrous proofs of his bodily from obtained for him the names of Hercules and Milo. His ferocity was equally manifested in his devastation of Germany by fire and sword; and in letting loose his fury against Christians as well as his other subject. At length, justly abhorred for his cruelty, and declared the enemy of the country, this sanguinary despot was massacred by his own soldiers at Aquileia (together with his son) in the 65th year of his age, C.E. 238.
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MaximinusMaximinus| coins| for sale| in the Forum| Ancient| Coins| shop| Maximinus I was a giant of a man, and possessed of natural fighting ability. He rose through the ranks of the Roman army during the reign of Severus Alexander. After a successful governorship in Mesopotamia, he was sent to the Rhine frontier to oversee the regions army recruitment levies. In 235 A.D. he was proclaimed emperor by troops offended by Severus Alexander's peace loving character, and the galling fact that his mother, Julia Mamaea, was the true power in the empire. Maximinus campaigned with great success against the Germanic tribes, but his great cruelty towards the nobility whom he hated, and general ruthlessness inspired several rebellions, notably the failed Gordian rebellion and then the rebellion of Balbinus and Pupienus. Maximinus marched against the latter two, and during the abortive siege of Aquileia his troops deserted and murdered him.
Average well preserved denarius weight 3.04 grams.
Nero
became emperor after his stepfather, the emperor Claudius, died
(Claudius was probably poisoned by Nero's mother Agrippina II). At first
Nero ruled well, guided by his mentors Seneca and Burrus, but soon his
reign degenerated into the debauchery and murder for which he is
infamous. He had his mother, Burrus, Britannicus, and numerous senators
and members of the nobility murdered or executed. Legend says he kicked
Poppaea, his pregnant wife, to death. He was the first emperor to
persecute Christians, blaming them for the Great Fire in 64 A.D. Nero
committed suicide in 68 A.D after generals in Africa, Gaul and Spain all
rebelled, and the Praetorian Guard in Rome deserted him. Also see: ERIC - NERO ReferencesBurnett, A., M. Amandry and P.P. Ripollès. Roman Provincial
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Rarity of Denominations, Average Weights of Well Preserved Coins, Mints, and Other InformationAverage well preserved denarius (young Nero) weight 3.56 grams. Average well preserved denarius (older Nero) weight 3.21 grams, 91% silver. MintsRome, Lugdunum
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MAXIMINVS (Caius Julius Verus), born in Thrace, A.D. 173, of an obscure and barbarous family, the son of Micea, a Goth, and of Ababa, an Alanian. This herdsman, by original occupation, entering into the Roman cavalry, attracted by his extraordinary size and strength the notice of Septimius Severus, who eventually raised him to military dignities. ---- Alexander Severus caused him to be elected a senator, and appointed him to different governments. In the war against Persia he shewed his courage and capacity. Accompanying that excellent Emperor into Germany, he basely procured his assassination; and then usurped the empire C.E. 235. The army having proclaimed his Augustus, he associated with himself his son Maximus, as Caesar, and the Senate confirmed their election. A harsh and distrustful tyrant, pride, insolence, avarice, and bloodthirstiness governed all his actions. Of gigantic stature and of prodigious muscular powers, the wondrous proofs of his bodily from obtained for him the names of Hercules and Milo. His ferocity was equally manifested in his devastation of Germany by fire and sword; and in letting loose his fury against Christians as well as his other subject. At length, justly abhorred for his cruelty, and declared the enemy of the country, this sanguinary despot was massacred by his own soldiers at Aquileia (together with his son) in the 65th year of his age, C.E. 238.
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