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MAXIMINUS II DAIA

AD 310-313

AE Follis. 4.25g, 22mm
MINTED: Nicomedia mint, AD 312
REF: RIC VI Nicomedia 74b
OBVERSE: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG, laureate head right.
REVERSE: GENIO A-VGVSTI, Genius standing left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding in cornucopia in one hand and patera from which liquid flows over an altar in the other; star over Є in right field, SMN in exergue.


Notes:
Well-centered with sharp details and much original silvering still present.  Small pit above hairline of portrait and some scattered green deposits. 

 

Historical Notes:
Maximinus II Daia was the nephew of emperor Galerius, and even before the latter's death, he had begun to claim the title of Augustus, in competition with Constantine I, Licinius, and Maxentius. Early Christian writers who lived through his persecutions of Christians ascribed all manner of crimes and sinful vices to him. Eusebius wrote that Maximinus was "deranged and crazed", an "instructor in wickedness to those about him", and that he "could not pass through a city without continually corrupting women and ravishing virgins." In 313, Maximinus's army was defeated by that of Licinius at the Battle of Tzirallum. Maximinus escaped the battle dressed as a slave and fled to Tarsus, where he continued to be beseiged by Licinius until his death in August of that year.

MAXIMINUS II DAIA . AD 310-313 . AE Follis . GENIO AVGVSTI . Nicomedia

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