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Source Description
Obverse: Bust of Maximinus Thrax, laureate, draped, right; beaded border. Reverse: Pax standing frontal, looking left, holding a branch in her right hand and a rod in the left. The thickness of this piece as well as other irregularities indicate it may not be an authentic sestertius of Maximinus Thrax.
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Document identity
localId
3306
label
Sestertius of Maximinus Thrax
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
3306
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sestertius of Maximinus Thrax
description
Obverse: Bust of Maximinus Thrax, laureate, draped, right; beaded border. Reverse: Pax standing frontal, looking left, holding a branch in her right hand and a rod in the left. The thickness of this piece as well as other irregularities indicate it may not be an authentic sestertius of Maximinus Thrax.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
236-238 CE or modern (Late Roman Imperial or modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
coins
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.9
height
0.6
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 1 1/8 × D: 3/16 in. (2.89 × 0.55 cm); axis: 12:00
Source extras
cul
Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription
Latin; obverse] MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG(ustus) GERM(anicus) [Translation] Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus [Inscription
Latin; reverse] PAX AVGVSTI; in field
S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] The Emperor’s Peace; by senatorial decree
med
bronze; struck
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
22b889f7ff9f2c27