Maximinus I (235-238 AD) ~ AR Denarius ~ NGC About Uncirculated with Star (*)

NGC CERT #: 5769571-002

NGC DESCRIPTION: AR Denarius

NGC GRADE: About Uncirculated

ABOUT THE COIN:

Denarius were the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War c. 211 BC to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus.  It continued to be minted in very small quantities, likely for ceremonial purposes, until and through the Tetrarchy (293–313).

Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax" (c. 173 – 238) was Roman emperor from 235 to 238.  His father was an accountant in the governor's office and sprang from ancestors who were Carpi (a Dacian tribe), a people whom Diocletian would eventually drive from their ancient abode (in Dacia) and transfer to Pannonia.  Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV Italica when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in 235.  The Pannonian army then elected Maximinus emperor.  In 238 (which came to be known as the Year of the Six Emperors), a senatorial revolt broke out, leading to the successive proclamation of Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, Balbinus and Gordian III as emperors in opposition to Maximinus.  Maximinus advanced on Rome to put down the revolt, but was halted at Aquileia, where he was assassinated by disaffected elements of the Legio II Parthica.

ABOUT NGC:

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