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v09_0524 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus

MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus XF
XF
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-311
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Emission: 4e
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 :
C.18 (15f.) - RIC.251 (R) - MAR.8

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO MAXIMIANO PATRI.
Obverse description : Tête voilée de Maximien Hercule à droite (K°).
Obverse translation : (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 : (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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