brm_985697 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,78 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine marron-vert
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/ -|-// RBT.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle avec fronton triangulaire décoré de globes et orné d'une couronne ; à l'intérieur, statue de Rome casquée et drapée, assise sur un bouclier à gauche, tenant un globe et une haste.
Reverse translation : "Conservatores Urbis Suæ", (Les protecteurs de leur 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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