Live auction - brm_946382 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Starting price : | 45 € |
| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 14:59:07 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: été
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très beau portrait ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maximien Hercule à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Maximien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSERVATO-RES VRB SVAE/ -|-// R*P.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle de Rome posé sur trois marches avec un fronton triangulaire décoré et festonné, orné d’une couronne ; au centre, une statue de Rome debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; derrière elle, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Conservatores Urbis Suæ", (Les Protecteurs de leur ville).
Commentary
Rare émission du deuxième règne de Maximien Hercule associé à Maxence.
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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