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Lot
# 571 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$400
/ Price Realized: US$600
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Maximus as Caesar, Son of Maximinus I. Denarius
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Maximus as Caesar, Son of Maximinus I. 235-238 AD. Denarius, 3.18gg. (5h). Rome, 236-8 AD. Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM Bust draped right with head bare. Rx: PRINC IVVENTVTIS Prince standing left holding baton and spear, two standards behind him. BM 211. Cohen 10 (20 Fr.). RIC 3. Near Mint State. Maximus' latest portraits are rather similar to the third portrait of his father: might he have suffered from gigantism, the equivalent of acromegaly for children before puberty?.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection.
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