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v21_3521 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus

MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus AU/AU
AU/AU
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-312
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et ovale, légèrement échancré. Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron glacé
Catalogue references :
C.71 (2f.) - RIC.265 (R) - RC.3782 (45£) - MRK.129 /22

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur césar Maxence pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FIDES M-ILITVM AVG N/ REQ.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : "Fides Militum Augusti Nostri", (La Fidélité des soldats de notre auguste).

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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