Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 8311; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) IV p.138, 1; Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins (London, B.A. Seaby, 1967) III 46; Mattingly, H.,Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 vols (London, 1965) 9, pl.33, no 9; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) III 170 no. 1 and pl. 52.

1966.58

Denarius of Maximinus I

3.235 g. AD 235

Obv.: Bust of Maximinus r., laureate, draped, short beard and close-cropped hair. IMP(erator) MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG(ustus).

Rev.: Emperor standing l. in military dress between two standards, with spear in left hand and right hand raised. P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae).

Maximinus was chosen as emperor by the Rhine army which had assassinated Severus Alexander, because Maximinus was a military man and the German threat to the northern frontier was acute. Hence the military emphasis on the reverse of his coin. He was the first emperor to have risen right from the ranks of the legions.  He was of Thracian origin and of only equestrian rank, not senatorial, when he became emperor. His first year of tribunician power was AD 235.

Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 8311; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) IV p.138, 1; Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins (London, B.A. Seaby, 1967) III 46; Mattingly, H.,Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 vols (London, 1965) 9, pl.33, no 9; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) III 170 no. 1 and pl. 52.