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brm_640927 - MAXENTIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus

MAXENTIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus XF/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: fin 309 - 10/312
Mint name / Town : Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : MAXENTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à gauche (O*1).
Obverse translation : "Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus", (Maxence pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORIA A-ETERNA AVG N/ VOT/X// MOSTT.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à droite, les ailes déployées, posant le pied droit sur un cippe, soutenant un bouclier posé sur une colonne ; derrière, un captif assis à gauche, tourné à gauche, les mains liés dans le dos.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Æterna Augusti Nostri/ Votis decennalibus", (La Victoire éternelle de notre auguste/ vœux pour le dixième anniversaire).

Historical background


MAXENTIUS

(28/10/306-28/10/312)

Augustus

Maxentius, son of Maximian, was proclaimed Caesar on October 28, 306 in Rome, then took the title of Filius Augustorum. In 307, he was proclaimed august, controlling Italy and Africa with the help of Maximian. In 308, he lost Africa with the revolt of Alexander. At the conference of Carnuntum, he was declared a public enemy, but managed to stay in Italy until 312, the year of his defeat at Ponte Milvius, at the gates of Rome, where he died by drowning in the Tiber..

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