E-auction 262-184737 - brm_478617 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 13 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 April 2018 14:26:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,65 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Patine verte, marron sur les reliefs. Beau portrait de Maxence au droit. Usure plus importante au revers mais monnaie parfaitement lisible
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 : CONSERV - VRB SVAE/ H|-// RS.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle de Rome posé sur trois marches avec un fronton triangulaire décoré ; au centre statue de Rome debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Conservator Urbis Suæ", (Le Protecteur de sa Ville).
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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