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E-auction 506-417402 - brm_600819 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus

MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus XF
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Estimate : 75 €
Price : 63 €
Maximum bid : 110 €
End of the sale : 26 December 2022 14:16:00
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure régulière. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : MAXENTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Maxence pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : CONSERVATO-RES VRB SVAE/ -|-// R*T.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle à six colonnes ; au milieu, Rome assise de face et regardant à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Conservatores Urbis Suæ”, (Les protecteurs de leur Ville).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3. Première émission de l’atelier de Rome pour Maxence en cuivre. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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