Quinarius Aureus - Maximinus Thrax VICTORIA GERM; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Maximinus I Thrax (Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus) (235-238)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	236-238
Value	Gold Quinarius (25⁄4)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 280272
References	RIC IV.2# 23 (quinarius aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.max_i.23_quinarius_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM

Translation:
Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus.
Maximinus the pious, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm in left hand; at her feet, seated captive.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIA GERM

Translation:
Victoria Germanica.
Victory over the Germans.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (236-238)

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