Advanced Search
Advanced Search
View: Obverse

Sestertius with bust of Maximinus I Thrax

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 236–238
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 17.95 gm.
Credit Line Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum
Accession Number13.721
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed (?), right.
MAXIMINVSPIVSAVGGERM
Reverse: Salus seated left, holding patera in right hand to feed serpent rising from altar and resting left elbow on back of throne.
SALVSAVGVSTI In ex.: S C