v24_0681 - MAXIMINUS II DAIA Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait sur un flan large, complet et épais. Revers de style fin. Patine vert-gris, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maximin II César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Valerius Maximinus Nobilissimus Caesar", (Galère Valère Maximin très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN/ -|*//K.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) nu, 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 gauche.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : "Genio Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum", (Au Génie de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Poids lourd pour cette série. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
MAXIMINUS II DAIA
(1/05/305-04/313)
Caesar
Maximin II, nephew of Galerius, became Caesar on May 1, 305. After the death of Constantius I Chlorus on July 25, 306, he did not become august and remained subordinate to Galerius. At the end of the Carnuntum conference in November 308, he was only Filius Augustorum, while Licinius I became august directly. It was not until the following year that Maximin II would take the title of august, a title recognized by Galerius only in 310. After Galerius' death in May 311, he was the oldest of the surviving tetrarchs. He falls out with Licinius and Constantine I, while he tries to get closer to Maxentius. After 312, Licinius turns against him. He is finally eliminated in 313.
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