Live auction - brm_848302 - MAXENTIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | 160 € |
| Maximum bid : | 160 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 15:51:33 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 310
Mint name / Town : Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré, légèrement voilé. Joli buste de Maxence, finement détaillé. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXENTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Maxence à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant la lance transversale de la main droite et un bouclier de la gauche (E*1).
Obverse translation : "Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus", (Maxence pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AETERNA AVG N/ VOT/X// MOSTS.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à droite, les ailes déployées, posant le pied droit sur un cippe, soutenant un bouclier posé sur une colonne ; derrière, un captif assis à gauche, tourné à gauche, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Æterna Augusti Nostri/ Votis decennalibus", (La Victoire éternelle de notre auguste/ Vœux pour le dixième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Trois exemplaires seulement recensés dans l’ouvrage de Vincent Drost sur le monnayage de Maxence. Type rarissime !.
Historical background
MAXENTIUS
(28/10/306-28/10/312)
Augustus
Maxentius, son of Maximian, was proclaimed Caesar on October 28, 306 in Rome, then took the title of Filius Augustorum. In 307, he was proclaimed august, controlling Italy and Africa with the help of Maximian. In 308, he lost Africa with the revolt of Alexander. At the conference of Carnuntum, he was declared a public enemy, but managed to stay in Italy until 312, the year of his defeat at Ponte Milvius, at the gates of Rome, where he died by drowning in the Tiber..
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