Description: Maximinus II (310 - 313 AD). AE Follis, Rome mint 312-313 AD. IMP MAXIMINVS PF AVG; laureate draped bust right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI; Sol standing right, head left, chlamys hanging behind from left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; RT in ex.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 5,24 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: RIC VI Rome 337b

Commentary: grey-brown and green (malachite) patina

History: Maximinus II persecuted the Christians even after the Edict of Toleration by his uncle and emperor Galerius and only shortly before his death in 313 AD he stopped the persecution and issued a similar edict himself.

Article Number: 036-04-01-44365