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Sestertius with bust of Maximus, struck under Maximinus I Thrax
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 235–236
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 20.72 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number34.1426
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Maximus, draped, bareheaded, right. CIVLVERVSMAXIMVSCAES
Reverse: Maximus standing left, holding rod with right and spear with left, behind him, two military standards.
PRINCIPIIVVENTVTIS S C (left and right in field)
Reverse: Maximus standing left, holding rod with right and spear with left, behind him, two military standards.
PRINCIPIIVVENTVTIS S C (left and right in field)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: C. E. Mackerell Collection; 1906: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge auction [C. E. Mackerell Collection], May 18, 1906, lot 296); by 1934: Private Collection, U.S.; anonymous gift to MFA, December 6, 1934