MAXIMINUS THRAX
AD 235-238
AR Denarius. 3.04g, 19.8mm
MINTED: Rome mint, AD 235-236
REF: RIC IV 13
OBVERSE: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe set on ground and cornucopiae in left hand.

Notes: 
Perfectly centered. Pleasantly toned.   
 
Historical Notes:
Gaius Julius Maximinus, the commander of the Fourth Legion, was a common soldier of Thracian stock. According to ancient historians, he was a giant of a man, more than eight feet tall and enormously strong. In 235, disaffected troops mutinied and murdered the last Severan emperor, Alexander, and declared Maximinus the new ruler of the empire. The Senate and nobility of Rome, discontented with having a barbarian emperor of peasant birth, would eventually turn against him in 238, first supporting the revolt of Gordian I, the governor of Africa, and when that failed, electing as co-emperors two of their own members, Pupienus and Balbinus. Maximinus's march towards Rome to put down the insurrection was met with more resistance than his troops had anticipated, and disillusioned, they killed the emperor and his son. Maximinus's coins, particularly the later issues, show a man with an enlarged brow and protruding lower jaw, common symptoms of acromegaly, also known as gigantism. Gaius Julius Maximinus, the commander of the Fourth Legion, was a common soldier of Thracian stock. According to ancient historians, he was a giant of a man, more than eight feet tall and enormously strong. In 235, disaffected troops mutinied and murdered the last Severan emperor, Alexander, and declared Maximinus the new ruler of the empire. The Senate and nobility of Rome, discontented with having a barbarian emperor of peasant birth, would eventually turn against him in 238, first supporting the revolt of Gordian I, the governor of Africa, and when that failed, electing as co-emperors two of their own members, Pupienus and Balbinus. Maximinus's march towards Rome to put down the insurrection was met with more resistance than his troops had anticipated, and disillusioned, they killed the emperor and his son. Maximinus's coins, particularly the later issues, show a man with an enlarged brow and protruding lower jaw, common symptoms of acromegaly, also known as gigantism.