Denarius - Maximinus Thrax P M TR P VI COS II P P; Aequitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Maximinus I Thrax (Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus) (235-238)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	235-238
Value	Denarius (½)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.1 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 280348
References	RIC IV.2# 99 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.99 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Maximus Pius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Maximus, the pious emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P VI COS II P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.

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 (235-238)

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