brm_1138055 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 317-318
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT 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 Seniori Fortissimo Imperatori”, (Au divin Maximien empereur l’aîné et le plus brave).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEMORIAE AETERNAE/ -|-// RP.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite ; Massue à gauche au-dessus.
Reverse translation : “Memoriæ Æternæ”, (À la Mémoire éternelle).
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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