v36_0780 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Argenteus, imitation
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 245.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 245.00 €
Type : Argenteus, imitation
Date: c. 295-300
Mint name / Town : Atelier local
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,62 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, parfaitement centré avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait, légèrement stylisé. Revers de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXI-MIANVS .
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 : “Maximianus”, (Maximien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - MILITVM/ -|-// (MASSUE).
Reverse description : Les Tétrarques, Dioclétien, Maximien, Constance et Galère, vêtus militairement, deux par deux, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un trépied allumé placé devant une enceinte composée de six tours.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Militum”, (La Virilité des soldats).
Commentary
Imitation de Trèves. Poids excessivement léger. Un seul ruban. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière ornée d’une palme. Ptéryges fines et tombantes. Ce type de par son poids et son diamètre fait penser à un demi-argenteus. Nous semblons bien en présence d’une imitation d’argenteus pour la quatrième officine (massue) de l’atelier de Trèves. La légende est raccourcie car le graveur n’a pas eu la place de mettre AVG après MAXIMIANVS. Cassure de coin perceptible au revers au niveau de MILITVM. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. De la plus grande rareté.
Imitation of Trier. Excessively light weight. A single ribbon. Studded breastplate. Shoulder guard decorated with a palm. Thin, drooping pteryges. This type, due to its weight and diameter, is reminiscent of a half-argenteus. We seem to be in the presence of an imitation of an argenteus for the fourth officina (club) of the Trier workshop. The legend is shortened because the engraver did not have the space to put AVG after MAXIMIANVS. Die break visible on the reverse at the level of MILITVM. Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works. Extremely rare
Imitation of Trier. Excessively light weight. A single ribbon. Studded breastplate. Shoulder guard decorated with a palm. Thin, drooping pteryges. This type, due to its weight and diameter, is reminiscent of a half-argenteus. We seem to be in the presence of an imitation of an argenteus for the fourth officina (club) of the Trier workshop. The legend is shortened because the engraver did not have the space to put AVG after MAXIMIANVS. Die break visible on the reverse at the level of MILITVM. Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works. Extremely rare
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Auguste I
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He has "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 does not look so much like the portraits of the argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. He is chosen by Diocletian to assist him. He was first Caesar, then Augustus from April 286, and it was the foundation of the Diarchy. 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, 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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