v34_0884 - MAXIMINUS II DAIA Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait inhabituel et expressif. Frappe molle de la légende de revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMINVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Maximin II César à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01).
Obverse translation : “Maximinus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximin très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI.
Reverse description : Genius (Génie du Peuple Romain) debout à gauche, nu et tourelé, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple Romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Légende de droit peu courante. Ne semble pas cuirassé sous le paludamentum. 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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