E-auction 98-51208 - brm_152881 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 164 € |
| Maximum bid : | 180 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 March 2015 15:24:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: automne 287 - automne 289
Date: 287-289
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,81 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait inhabituel et exceptionnel de Maximien. Trace d’usure superficielle au droit. Flan légèrement ovale. Très beau revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine avec des reflets mordorés. Infimes traces d’oxydation au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Daniel Compas, MONNAIES XXVII, n° 180
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, une haste sur l’épaule droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche (F1).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Maximianus Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Maximien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HERCVLI INVICTO AVGG/ S|-// -.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et la léonté enroulée autour du bras gauche, s'appuyant sur sa massue.
Reverse translation : “Herculi Invicto Augustorum”, (À l’Hercule invincible des augustes).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture. Rubans de type 2. Cuirasse cloutée. Bouclier pointé. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, AF 13.531, Bastien n° 189a, pl. XIII et que l’exemplaire du Gabinetto numismatico du Castello Sforzeco de Milan, collection P. Gerin, Bastien n° 189b, pl. XIII. Même coin de revers que l’exemplaire du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Bastien n° 189c, pl. XIII. C’est le quatrième exemplaire publié avec un coin de droit et deux coins de revers. Prendra le numéro 189d dans le Supplément III du Bastien.
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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