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Maximinus II. As Filius Augustorum, AD 309-310. Æ Follis (26mm, 5.08 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 308-310. Laureate head right / Genius standing left, wearing modius, holding patera from which liquor flows and cornucopia; *|Δ//•SM•TS•. RIC VI 32a. Brown patina, some minor scratches. Near EF.
From the Conti Collection.
This follis was struck while Maximinus was recognized by Galerius with the novel title Filius Augustorum. Galerius had offered this title to both Maximinus II Daia and Constantine after the conference of Carnuntum in November AD 308, but both rejected it. For Constantine, it was a demotion, as he had already claimed the title Augustus in AD 307, while Maximinus thought he deserved elevation to Augustus following the death of Severus II, and the new title was below that rank. Accordingly, none of the coins struck at the mints under Constantine and Maximinus, all western, featured this title; only the mints in the east under Galerius used it. Eventually, in AD 310, Galerius relented, and recognized both of them as holding the rank of Augustus.
From the Conti Collection.
This follis was struck while Maximinus was recognized by Galerius with the novel title Filius Augustorum. Galerius had offered this title to both Maximinus II Daia and Constantine after the conference of Carnuntum in November AD 308, but both rejected it. For Constantine, it was a demotion, as he had already claimed the title Augustus in AD 307, while Maximinus thought he deserved elevation to Augustus following the death of Severus II, and the new title was below that rank. Accordingly, none of the coins struck at the mints under Constantine and Maximinus, all western, featured this title; only the mints in the east under Galerius used it. Eventually, in AD 310, Galerius relented, and recognized both of them as holding the rank of Augustus.