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Sestertius with bust of Maximinus I Thrax
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 236–238
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 19.09 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.301
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Maximinus I to right, laureate, draped and armed.
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Reverse: Health seated to left, extending a patera to a serpent which rises from an altar.
SALVS AVGVSTI S C
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Reverse: Health seated to left, extending a patera to a serpent which rises from an altar.
SALVS AVGVSTI S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren