Live auction - brm_418675 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 195 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 January 2017 15:03:45 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 294
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,27 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Maximien Hercule. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur S
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS. P. F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite, avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B01).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ORIE-N-S AVGG/ -|-// B.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augustorum”, (La Paix des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Sans argenture. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges fines. Légende de droit ponctuée, excepté après le F. Malgré la rareté du type, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente. C’est le deuxième exemplaire recensé, le premier provenant du trésor de Villette d’Anthon n° 5992 dans le Supplément II du Bastien, n° 638(alpha)a, pl. XXIX. Prendra le numéro 638(alpha)b dans le Supplément III.
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Auguste I
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He has "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 does not look so much like the portraits of the argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. He is chosen by Diocletian to assist him. He was first Caesar, then Augustus from April 286, and it was the foundation of the Diarchy. 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, 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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