10% / 20% / 30% discount on 60,000 coins, medals, tokens, and banknotes.
+ Filters
New Search
Filters
Available Exact wording Only in the title
E-shopLoading...
GradeLoading...
PriceLoading...

v31_0593 - MAXENTIUS Follis

MAXENTIUS Follis XF
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 151.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: fin
Date: 309
Mint name / Town : Toscane et Ombrie, Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec une usure superficielle. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

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 : AETE-RNITAS A-VG N// MOST.
Reverse description : Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux ou les Dioscures), surmontés d'une étoile, nus debout face à face, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant chacun un sceptre long et de la main gauche, la bride de leurs chevaux ; au centre la louve allaitant Rémus et Romulus.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : "Æternitas Augusti Nostri", (L'Éternité de notre auguste).

Commentary


Revers inhabituel beaucoup plus rare que sans la louve. Rubans de type 3.

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..

cgb.fr uses cookies to guarantee a better user experience and to carry out statistics of visits.
To remove the banner, you must accept or refuse their use by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

x
Voulez-vous visiter notre site en Français https://www.cgb.fr