E-auction 398-310763 - brm_549692 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 52 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 November 2020 14:09:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 308
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, légèrement décentré. Beau buste consulaire de Maximien. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAXIMIANO FELICISS.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Maximien Hercule à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, avec la trabea, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et la mappa de la main gauche (H*5).
Obverse translation : "Domino Nostro Maximiano Felicissimo", (À notre seigneur le plus heureux Maximien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDENTIA DEORVM/ (GAMMA)// ALE.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) et Quies (le Repos) debout face à face. La Providence est debout à gauche tournée à droite, drapée, levant la main droite. Le Repos est debout à droite tourné à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Providentia Deorum Quies Augustorum", (La Providence divine et le repos des augustes).
Commentary
Beau buste consulaire pour une dénomination peu courante.
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Augustus II
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He had "a low forehead, a wrinkled face, a trumpet nose, a thick chin and neck, a shaggy beard" according to The Roman Emperors, op. cit., p.119. This description bears little resemblance to the portraits of argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. Chosen by Diocletian to assist him, he was first Caesar, then august from April 286. It was the Dyarchy. Maximien settles in Trèves and must fight against the barbarian invasions and the usurpation of Carausius in Brittany. In 293, when the Tetrarchy was created, he was assisted by Constantius Chlorus. Diocletian forces Maximian to abdicate on May 1, 305. He resents retirement and goes to support his son Maxentius when he seizes Rome on October 28, 306. He resumes service as august in 307 and helps Constantine, to whom he gives his daughter Fausta in marriage. Maximian is forced to abdicate at the conference of Carnuntum on November 11, 308. One last time, he resumes the purple at the beginning of 310 in Marseilles before committing suicide or being assassinated.
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