v08_0561 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: fin 309-311
Mint name / Town : Toscane et Ombrie, Ostie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,80 g.
Officine: 3e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron brillante / Revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Maxence pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AETE-RNITAS A-VG N// MOSTQ.
Reverse description : Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux ou Dioscures), surmontés d'une étoile, nus debout face à face, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant chacun un sceptre long et de la main gauche, la bride de leurs chevaux.
Reverse translation : (L'Éternité de notre auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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