E-auction 434-345837 - brm_669308 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 40 € |
| Price : | 11 € |
| Maximum bid : | 12 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 August 2021 14:31:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, avec un joli temple au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Maxence pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSERV - VRB SVAE// PT.
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle avec fronton triangulaire décoré ; à l'intérieur, statue de Rome casquée et drapée assise sur un bouclier à gauche, tenant un globe et une haste, couronnée par la Victoire qui est placée derrière elle.
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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