#maximus caesar

[twofielder]

Coin of the Day #473 (8/20/2025)

Was about to chalk this one up as an imitation after not being able to find a match. Sent pics to RPC and they figured it out! A unique coin of a scarce ruler from a scarce city…

Roman Province - Cilicia

AE25 - 7.47g

Maximus as Caesar 236-238 AD

Selinus-Traianopolis Mint

Obverse ΓΑΙΟ ΟΥ ΜΑΞΙΜΟC

Bust of Maximus right, draped, cuirassed, from behind

Reverse ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ CΕΛΙΝΟΥC (retrograde)

Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae

RPC VI 31001 (plate)

[romegreeceart]

Coin minted in Kilikia depicting Maximus Caesar (216-238) a  son of emperor Maximinus Thrax. He became Caesar in 236 and was murdered - together with his father - in Apuleia two years later.

https://rheinland.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=846&cachesLoaded=true

Provenance/Rights:  Digitales Münzkabinett der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / Sebastian Lindermann [CC BY-NC-SA]