Maximinus I (AD 235 - 238).  Ancient Roman imitations.

imitation Maximinus/FIDEES MILITVM official FIDES MILITVM
20-18 mm.  6:00                                                                                Its prototype
Much reverse silver.
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
    /FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left with standard in each hand
Prototype:  BMC 1, page 222, plate 33.1, which is the same as BMC 59 except for the portrait.
Prototype:  RIC 7, page 140. This type comes with two distinct portrait styles. This official example is of the early style, struck Spring 235.  See the article by James Casey in the Celator, August 1996, pp.6-14 for more about bust types.

another FIDES MILITVM    21 mm.  6:00
[IMP MAX]IMINVS PIVS AVG
    /FIDES MILITVM, emperor or soldier (not Fides, note the short military garb) standing left with standard in each hand
Prototype:  BMC 1 variety, page 222, plate 33.1, which is the same as BMC 59 except for the portrait.

imitation/Mars right   18 mm.  6:00
Hybrid. Clear design, but almost no silver.
IMP MAXIMNVS PIVS AVG  [sic, missing an "I"]
    /Mars advancing right with spear and trophy
    /PM TRP III COS PP
RIC --.  Obverse legend of 235-6, reverse legend of 238, but not with this type.
Reverse legend and type of Severus Alexander BMC 249, plate 9.249 (this legend and type, AD 225)

imitation/PROVIDENTIA AVG   19-18 mm.  12:00
Most silver, portrait of good style, but not much like Maximinus -- more like Philip.
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
    /PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding wand and cornucopiae, gloabe at feet left
Prototype: RIC 13 "First legend, March 235 - c. January 236".  BMC 15, plate 33.15. An "irregular" coin as this, BMC 245, but no photo.

PROVIDENTIA AVG  18mm. 6:00.
Black cast. Seam and filing visible on edge. No silvering.
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuir. bust right
    PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding baton over globe, and holding cornucopiae
Prototype as above. 

PROVIDENTIA AVG  18mm. 6:00. 2.00 grams
Glossy gray metal.  
Prototype as above.

SALVS AVGVSTI  20mm. 6:00. 3.22 grms
Large flan, with official style and weight, but in brassy metal. It has the typical softness of a cast. Although cast, the edge shows no sign of a seam.
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
    SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left, feeding snake rising from and coiled around a basket
Prototype:  Sear 2346.  RIC 14, page 141. BMC 22 (same portrait), plate 33.22 (3.13 grams).  

Maximus  (Caesar, 235-238, under Maximinus)  no images.  

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