E-auction 517-430428 - brm_596188 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 24 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 March 2023 14:25:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 317-318
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Beau buste de Maximien Hercule divinisé. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP.
Obverse description : Buste voilé, lauré et drapé de Maximien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : “Divo Maximiano Seniori Fortissimo Imperatori”, (Au Divin Maximien l'empereur aîné et le plus brave).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEMORIAE AETERNAE// RQ.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes ouvertes, regardant à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Memoriæ Aeternæ”, (À la Mémoire éternelle).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(+310)
Consecration of Constantine I
After a tumultuous life Maximien, is eliminated or commits suicide at the beginning of the year 310, after having tried to assassinate his son-in-law, Constantin Ier. It is moreover Fausta, daughter of Maximien, who reveals the plot. Constantin uses the image of his father-in-law, still very popular among the military, to restore his memory and bring him into the Constantinian family. Maximien is the grandfather of Constantin II, Constans and Constance II..
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