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brm_388141 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus

MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus AU/XF
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: été
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête de Maxence. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
RIC.60  - C.50 (3f.) - RCV.14999 (200$)

Obverse

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONSERVATO-RES KART SVAE/ PKB.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle avec fronton triangulaire décoré et orné ; à l'intérieur, statue de Carthage au centre debout de face, tenant des fruits dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : "Conservatores Karthaginis Suæ", (Les protecteurs de leur ville Carthage).

Commentary

Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.

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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