Live auction - brm_364494 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 15:07:45 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 298-299
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Maximien Hercule, inhabituel, bien venu à la frappe. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Lanz 132, novembre 2006, n° 514, de MONNAIES 55, n° 291 et de la collection de Daniel Compas
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à gauche, tenant un sceptre de la main droite reposant sur l’épaule droite et un bouclier sur l’épaule gauche (F*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Maximianus Pius Augustus", (L'empereur Maximien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI/ B|*// TR.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, coiffé du modius, tenant une patère de la main droite 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 cloutée. Bouclier avec bordure décorée et umbo central formé de quatre globules. Au droit nous avons bien un sceptre bouleté et pas une haste. La cuirasse semble être formée d’écailles de serpent (lorica squamosa). La main est très particulière sur cet exemplaire. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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