v27_0379 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 530.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 755.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 530.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 755.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: fin juin 308 - été 308
Date: fin janvier 308 - été 308
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,96 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 19e
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large pour ce type, avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Revers tout à fait exceptionnel. Exemplaire à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite, avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Valère Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA - PERPET DD NN/ -|-// PLG.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier et Maxence, vêtus militairement, debout face à face, se donnant la main et tenant chacun un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Perpetua Dominorum Nostrorum”, (La Concorde perpétuelle de nos seigneurs).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans convergents : rubans descendant verticalement le long de la nuque (type 3). Cuirasse lisse pointée. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges. C’est l’un des exemplaires les plus rares du monnayage lyonnais. Notre exemplaire est très proche, pour le droit, de l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (AF. 8060), Bastien n° 489a, pl. LIV. Même coin de revers que l’exemplaire du British Museum, Bastien n° 490, pl. LIV, et que l’exemplaire de la collection Georges Gautier, provenant de la collection E. Nicolas, Bastien n° 490b, pl. LIV. C’est le troisième exemplaire recensé. Prendra le n° 489c dans le Supplément III du Bastien.
Lightweight. Converging ribbons: ribbons descending vertically along the nape of the neck (type 3). Smooth pointed cuirass. Studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. This is one of the rarest examples of the Lyon coinage. Our example is very close, on the obverse, to the example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (AF. 8060), Bastien no. 489a, pl. LIV. Same reverse die as the example in the British Museum, Bastien no. 490, pl. LIV, and the example in the Georges Gautier collection, from the E. Nicolas collection, Bastien no. 490b, pl. LIV. This is the third example recorded. Will take no. 489c in Supplement III of Bastien
Lightweight. Converging ribbons: ribbons descending vertically along the nape of the neck (type 3). Smooth pointed cuirass. Studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. This is one of the rarest examples of the Lyon coinage. Our example is very close, on the obverse, to the example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (AF. 8060), Bastien no. 489a, pl. LIV. Same reverse die as the example in the British Museum, Bastien no. 490, pl. LIV, and the example in the Georges Gautier collection, from the E. Nicolas collection, Bastien no. 490b, pl. LIV. This is the third example recorded. Will take no. 489c in Supplement III of Bastien
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Augustus II
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He had "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 bears little resemblance to the portraits of argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. Chosen by Diocletian to assist him, he was first Caesar, then august from April 286. It was the Dyarchy. 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 on November 11, 308. One last time, he resumes the purple at the beginning of 310 in Marseilles before committing suicide or being assassinated.
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