v18_0672 - MAXENTIUS Follis
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,19 g.
Officine: 3e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Bien centré. Beau portrait. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron glacé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête de Maxence laurée à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Maxence pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSERVATO-RES VRB SVAE// R*T.
Reverse description : Temple à six colonnes ; au milieu, Rome assise de face et regardant à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Conservatores Urbis Suae”, (Les Protecteurs de leur ville).
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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