Live auction - brm_851350 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 15:50:13 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: début
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli portrait de Maxence. Revers agréable. Usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maximien Hercule à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maxentius Puis Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Maxence pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSERVATO-R - AFRICAE SVAE/ SE|F//B.
Reverse description : Africa (l’Afrique) drapée, une tête d’éléphant sur la tête, debout à gauche, tenant un étendard de la main droite et une défense de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un lion tenant une tête de taureau dans ses griffes.
Reverse translation : “Conservator Africae Suæ”, (Le protecteur de son Afrique).
Commentary
Revers rare et recherché ! Ce type n’est connu que pour les deuxième et troisième officines.
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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