Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: Victor on May 21, 2025, 10:35:40 AM

Title: Maximinus II SOLI INVICTO COMITI from Aquileia
Post by: Victor on May 21, 2025, 10:35:40 AM

This is a scarcer issue struck to commemorate the short- lived union between Maximinus, Constantine and Licinius after the defeat of Maxentius



Maximinus II
A.D. 312- 313
23mm     4.7g
IMP MAXIMINVS PF AVG; laureate bust right.
SOLI INVICTO COMITI; Sol rad., stg. L., raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys across l. shoulder, captive to left.
in ex. AQS
RIC VI Aquileia 142 
Title: Re: Maximinus II SOLI INVICTO COMITI from Aquileia
Post by: Joshmaggosh on May 21, 2025, 07:52:19 PM
Quote from: Victor on May 21, 2025, 10:35:40 AMThis is a scarcer issue struck to commemorate the short- lived union between Maximinus, Constantine and Licinius after the defeat of Maxentius



Maximinus II
A.D. 312- 313
23mm    4.7g
IMP MAXIMINVS PF AVG; laureate bust right.
SOLI INVICTO COMITI; Sol rad., stg. L., raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys across l. shoulder, captive to left.
in ex. AQS
RIC VI Aquileia 142 

That's a nice coin! I have a similar one for Constantine that's a little rougher and bent.
Title: Re: Maximinus II SOLI INVICTO COMITI from Aquileia
Post by: Heliodromus on May 22, 2025, 07:26:46 AM
Quote from: Joshmaggosh on May 21, 2025, 07:52:19 PMThat's a nice coin! I have a similar one for Constantine that's a little rougher and bent.

Nice coin, but that's actually a different issue - captive from a different war!

It's RIC VII Aquileia 1, dating to 316-317 AD after Constantine's first civil war with Licinius. The simplest way to tell the difference is by the "IMP" legend, but also bust style.