+ Filters
New Search
Filters
Available Exact wording Only in the title
E-shopLoading...
GradeLoading...
PriceLoading...

brm_627705 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Aurelianus

MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Aurelianus AU/MS
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286-287
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Maximien Hercule. Très joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets métalliques dorés. Conserve au revers l’intégralité de son coupant d’origine et de son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Augustus", (L'empereur Marc Aurèle Valère Maximien auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : HERCVLI CONSERVAT// VIXXIT.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à droite, la main droite posé sur la hanche, la léonté enroulée autour du bras gauche, et tenant de la main gauche la massue posée sur un rocher.
Reverse translation : "Herculi Conservatori", (À Hercule conservateur).

Commentary


Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges décorées sous le paludamentum.

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.

cgb.fr uses cookies to guarantee a better user experience and to carry out statistics of visits.
To remove the banner, you must accept or refuse their use by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

x
Voulez-vous visiter notre site en Français https://www.cgb.fr