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E-auction 53-23258 - brm_123107 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus

MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus XF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 36 €
Maximum bid : 125 €
End of the sale : 21 April 2014 15:45:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-311
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron. Infime petite fente dans le métal à deux heures. Faiblesses de frappe sur le temple
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO MAXIMIANO PATRI.
Obverse description : Tête voilée de Maximien Hercule à droite (K°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maxentius Divo Maximiano Patri”, (L'empereur Maxence au divin Maximien père).

Reverse


Reverse legend : AETERNAE - MEMORIAE// RES.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle à dôme circulaire surmonté d'un aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche, les portes entr'ouvertes.
Reverse translation : “Æternæ Memoriæ”, (À la mémoire éternelle).

Commentary


Poids lourd.

Historical background


MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS

(+310)

Restitution of Maxentius

Maximian, after a tumultuous life, was eliminated or committed suicide at the beginning of the year 310 after trying to assassinate his son-in-law, Constantine I. It was Fausta, Maximien's daughter, who revealed the plot. Constantine used the image of his father-in-law, still very popular among the military, to restore his memory and bring him into the Constantinian family. Maximian was the grandfather of Constantine II, Constantius and Constantius II. Maxentius, who was definitely angry with his father from 307, restored his father's memory, thus opposing his assassin in his eyes, Constantine, his implacable enemy..

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