v38_1161 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 320.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 442.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 320.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 442.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: fin 309 - octobre 312
Date: 309-312
Mint name / Town : Toscane et Ombrie, Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 5,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan régulier, bien centré des deux côtés, échancré à 10 heures au droit. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXI, n° 3530 (coll. Laurent Schmitt)
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 : SAECVLI FELICITAS AVG N// MOSTQ.
Reverse description : La louve à gauche, nourrissant Rémus et Romulus.
Reverse translation : “Sæculi Felicitas Augusti nostri”, (La Félicité du siècle de notre auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 2.
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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