E-auction 508-419277 - brm_783754 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 January 2023 15:06:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 317-318
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, centré à l’usure régulière. Beau buste voilé de Maximien divinisé. Joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO MAXIMIANO OPTIMO 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 des empereurs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REQVIES OPT-IMOR MERIT/ -|-// RS.
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 lourd.
Heavy weight
Heavy weight
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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