E-auction 10-2271 - brm_113872 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 105 € |
| Price : | 52 € |
| Maximum bid : | 56 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 June 2013 17:24:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 309-312
Mint name / Town : Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine marron glacé. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Joli revers avec le métal légèrement pincé à 12 heures sur la tête de la Fidélité
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur césar Maxence pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MI-LI-T-VM AVG N/ MOSTT.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : "Fides Militum Augusti Nostri", (La Fidélité des soldats de notre auguste).
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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