Maximinus Daia 310-313 AD - AE Follis -

ANRO-1113; RIC-VI-145b

Maximinus Daia 310-313 AD

AE Follis, 310 AD, Antioch on the Orontes

Obv. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES
Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, head left, spear over shoulder and holding shield depicted two horseman advancing right holding standards above kneeing captives; gorgonaion on breast.
Rev. SOLE IN-VICTO ANT
Sol, radiate, draped, standing front in quadriga, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; leading the quadriga, two horses turning left and two horses turning right.

Image shown: Münzkabinett Wien inventory #RÖ58407


Armenian campaign of Maximinus Daia, 312 AD ???? or 310

Visual anticipation of the 312 expedition. Although struck c. May–November 310, its militant solar imagery was still current when Daia marched two years later.

Pecunem Auction 30 Lot 565 (4 April 2015) Realized EUR 400 (24mm, 6.7g)

This coin is more than a nicely rendered bronze: it is Maximinus Daia’s pictorial policy statement. It proclaims a helmeted, conquering Caesar, endorsed by the Unconquered Sun, ready to roll eastwards in a blaze of pagan rectitude—exactly the posture he adopted when he tried (and failed) to cow Christian Armenia in late 312 AD.