Live auction - brm_958833 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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| Starting price : | 75 € |
| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 75 € |
| Maximum bid : | 76 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 15:02:17 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 317-318
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli buste de Maximien, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable. Patine marron foncé
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// RT.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes ouvertes, regardant à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Memoriæ Aeternæ”, (À la Mémoire éternelle).
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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