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E-auction 473-384680 - brm_694527 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus

MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus VF
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Estimate : 50 €
Price : 11 €
Maximum bid : 15 €
End of the sale : 09 May 2022 14:18:30
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 318
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable

Obverse


Obverse legend : DIVO MAXIMIANO OPT IMP.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, voilé et drapé de Maximien Hercule à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K*11).
Obverse translation : “Divo Maximiano Optimo Imperatori”, (Au divin Maximien le meilleur empereur).

Reverse


Reverse legend : REQVIES OPT. MER/ -|-// PTR.
Reverse description : L'empereur voilé assis à gauche sur une chaise curule, levant la main droite et tenant un sceptre court de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Requies Optimorum Meritorum”, (Le repos bien mérité des meilleurs).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Maximien à Trèves se voit doter du titre d’Optimus. La réhabilitation du beau-père de Constantin Ier est passée là, moins de dix ans après son exécution (ou suicide) de son gendre (le même Constantin).

Historical background


MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS

(+310)

Consecration of Constantine I

After a tumultuous life Maximien, is eliminated or commits suicide at the beginning of the year 310, after having tried to assassinate his son-in-law, Constantin Ier. It is moreover Fausta, daughter of Maximien, who reveals the plot. Constantin uses the image of his father-in-law, still very popular among the military, to restore his memory and bring him into the Constantinian family. Maximien is the grandfather of Constantin II, Constans and Constance II..

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