v21_3506 - MAXIMINUS II Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie (Nicomedia)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec la pupille de l’œil bien visible. Joli revers. Patine gris vert avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maximin II auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Galerius Valerius Maximinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur césar Galère Valère Maximin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH// SMNA.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) coiffé du modius, debout à gauche, à demi nu, répandant de l'encens d'une patère qu'il tient de la main droite et tenant une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
MAXIMINUS II
(1/05/305-04/313)
Augustus
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 conference of Carnuntum in November 308, it is only Filius Augustorum while Licinius I becomes august directly. It was not until the following year that Maximin II took the title of august. 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 and he is finally eliminated in 313.
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