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Tarsos AE37 SNGCop 377 of Maximinus I

Maximinus Thrax AE37 of Tarsos, Cilicia. AVT K G IOV OVH MAXIMINOC CEB P-P, radiate draped bust right / TAPCOV THC MHTROPOLEWS A M K G B, Hercules standing right, leaning on club to left and holding infant Telephos who reaches down to touch the nose of a doe to right, tree with bird behind.

Lot No.3278. Fine/nVF with a the scene of Hercules and Telephos in sharp relief. Dark green and brown patina. 23.7g.

$ 950.

Maximius I the Thracian (or Maximius Thrax) was a great general who was proclaimed emperor in 235 AD. He overthrew Severus Alexander, but was declared public enemy by the Senate and was killed by his own troops in 238 AD.