Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.33 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. EF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 821. Estimated: $ 750

Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.33 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. Veiled and draped bust right / Paulina raising hand and holding transverse scepter, reclining left on peacock flying upward to right. RIC IV 2 (Maximinus I); BMCRE 127–8 (Maximinus I); RSC 2. Lightly toned with some luster. EF.

As with many other empresses of the later Roman Empire, very little is known about Caecilia Paulina, wife of Maximinus I Thrax. Maximinus is said to have worn his wife’s bracelet as a ring on his thumb, an anecdote intended to emphasize his enormous size. Paulina died either before her husband’s accession or shortly thereafter, as all her coins are posthumous and name her as Diva, or goddess. Some of her portraits appear to be feminized versions of her husband, although this example has a more delicate and distinctive visage.

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CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Three – Lot 588-888 will be held Tuesday morning, 19 May 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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