brm_734912 - MAXIMINUS II DAIA Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: printemps 307
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste de Maximin. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMINVS N C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Galerius Valerius Maximinus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Galère Valère Maximin très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI/ (AUTEL)|N// PLG.
Reverse description : Genius (Génie) debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, le Génie porte l’himation, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans convergents : rubans descendant verticalement le long de la nuque (type 3). Un changement radical intervient dans la représentation du Génie au revers. Il est maintenant normalement revêtu de l’himation au lieu du manteau tombant sur l’épaule (paludamentum). Une autre innovation est l’apparition d’un N dans le champ à droite. Nous nous sommes interrogés sur la présence et la signification de ce N. Il pourrait tout simplement signifier “Nova” (nouvelle) pour rappeler techniquement la réduction du follis du 1/32 L. au 1/40 L. Nous n’avons relevé aucune liaison de coin pertinente.
Converging ribbons: ribbons descending vertically along the nape of the neck (type 3). A radical change occurs in the representation of the Genie on the reverse. He is now normally dressed in the himation instead of the mantle falling on the shoulder (paludamentum). Another innovation is the appearance of an N in the field on the right. We wondered about the presence and meaning of this N. It could simply mean “Nova” (new) to technically recall the reduction of the follis from 1/32 L. to 1/40 L. We did not note any relevant corner bond
Converging ribbons: ribbons descending vertically along the nape of the neck (type 3). A radical change occurs in the representation of the Genie on the reverse. He is now normally dressed in the himation instead of the mantle falling on the shoulder (paludamentum). Another innovation is the appearance of an N in the field on the right. We wondered about the presence and meaning of this N. It could simply mean “Nova” (new) to technically recall the reduction of the follis from 1/32 L. to 1/40 L. We did not note any relevant corner bond
Historical background
MAXIMINUS II DAIA
(1/05/305-04/313)
Caesar
Maximin II, nephew of Galerius, became Caesar on May 1, 305. After the death of Constantius I Chlorus on July 25, 306, he did not become august and remained subordinate to Galerius. At the end of the Carnuntum conference in November 308, he was only Filius Augustorum, while Licinius I became august directly. It was not until the following year that Maximin II would take the title of august, a title recognized by Galerius only in 310. After Galerius' death in May 311, he was the oldest of the surviving tetrarchs. He falls out with Licinius and Constantine I, while he tries to get closer to Maxentius. After 312, Licinius turns against him. He is finally eliminated in 313.
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