Diva Paulina, died before 235. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 18.66 g, 12 h), Rome, 236. DIVA PAVLINA Veiled and draped bust of Diva Paulina to right.
Rev. CONSECRATIO / S - C Diva Paulina, raising her right hand and holding long scepter in her left, reclining left on peacock flying to right. BMC 129. Cohen 3. Mazzini pl. LXXVII, 3 (
this coin). RIC 3. A splendid piece, with a lovely portrait and an attractive brown patina. About extremely fine.
Privately acquired from M. Dieterle on 14 September 2008, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18, 29 March 2000, 640, and from the collection of Ing. G. Mazzini (1883-1961).
Caecilia Paulina was the wife of Maximinus I, who most likely passed away before her husband's brutal coup in 235. Though little is known about her life, she at least bore one son, Maximus, who later became Caesar. Given the importance of the imperial family in Roman ideology, Maximinus posthumously elevated his wife to the purple, and she was duly deified and placed on his coinage.
