brm_1076147 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 5,60 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie malgré des faiblesses, patine marron
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 : CONSERV - VRB SVAE/ H|-// RP.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle avec fronton triangulaire orné de statues ; à l'intérieur, statue de Rome casquée et drapée assise sur un bouclier à gauche, tenant un globe et une haste ; le fronton triangulaire est orné d'une couronne.
Reverse translation : "Conservatores Urbis Suæ", (Les protecteurs de leur ville).
Commentary
H dans le champ à gauche pour Herkoulios, lié à Maximien Hercule et rappelant la filiation divine de la Tétrarchie ou Maximien était rattaché à Hercule tandis que Dioclétien était placé sous la protection de Jupiter. Fronton du temple richement décoré.
The letter H in the field on the left represents Herkoulios, linked to Maximian Hercules and recalling the divine lineage of the Tetrarchy, where Maximian was associated with Hercules while Diocletian was under the protection of Jupiter. The temple's pediment is richly decorated.
The letter H in the field on the left represents Herkoulios, linked to Maximian Hercules and recalling the divine lineage of the Tetrarchy, where Maximian was associated with Hercules while Diocletian was under the protection of Jupiter. The temple's pediment is richly decorated.
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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