E-auction 211-137928 - brm_332265 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 53 € |
| Maximum bid : | 53 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 May 2017 14:35:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Magnifique portrait de Maximien. Très joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé légèrement tachée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Domino Nostro Maximiano Pio Felicissimo Seniori Augusto", (À notre seigneur Maximien pieux heureux seigneur auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ S|A// PTR.
Reverse description : Genio (le Génie) nu jusqu’à la ceinture, tourelé, vêtu de l’himation, tenant une patère de la main droite tendue et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse décorée et cloutée. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryes larges. Petit pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule.
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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