brm_694051 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: été
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 7,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Joli buste. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Domino Nostri Maximiano Pio Felici Seniori Augusti”, (À notre seigneur Maximien pieux heureux auguste le plus âgé).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI/ (AUTEL)|N// PLG.
Reverse description : Genius (Génie) debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, le Génie porte l’himation, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Un changement radical intervient dans la représentation du Génie au revers. Il est maintenant normalement revêtu de l’himation au lieu du manteau tombant sur l’épaule (paludamentum). Une autre innovation est l’apparition d’un N dans le champ à droite. Nous nous sommes interrogés sur la présence et la signification de ce N. Il pourrait tout simplement signifier “Nova” (nouvelle) pour rappeler techniquement la réduction du follis du 1/32 L. au 1/40 L.
A radical change occurs in the representation of the Genie on the reverse. He is now normally dressed in the himation instead of the mantle falling on the shoulder (paludamentum). Another innovation is the appearance of an N in the field on the right. We wondered about the presence and meaning of this N. It could simply mean “Nova” (new) to technically recall the reduction of the follis from 1/32 L. to 1/40 L.
A radical change occurs in the representation of the Genie on the reverse. He is now normally dressed in the himation instead of the mantle falling on the shoulder (paludamentum). Another innovation is the appearance of an N in the field on the right. We wondered about the presence and meaning of this N. It could simply mean “Nova” (new) to technically recall the reduction of the follis from 1/32 L. to 1/40 L.
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Augustus II
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He had "a low forehead, a wrinkled face, a trumpet nose, a thick chin and neck, a shaggy beard" according to The Roman Emperors, op. cit., p.119. This description bears little resemblance to the portraits of argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. Chosen by Diocletian to assist him, he was first Caesar, then august from April 286. It was the Dyarchy. Maximien settles in Trèves and must fight against the barbarian invasions and the usurpation of Carausius in Brittany. In 293, when the Tetrarchy was created, he was assisted by Constantius Chlorus. Diocletian forces Maximian to abdicate on May 1, 305. He resents retirement and goes to support his son Maxentius when he seizes Rome on October 28, 306. He resumes service as august in 307 and helps Constantine, to whom he gives his daughter Fausta in marriage. Maximian is forced to abdicate at the conference of Carnuntum on November 11, 308. One last time, he resumes the purple at the beginning of 310 in Marseilles before committing suicide or being assassinated.
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