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Antoninianus - Maximianus P M TR P VIII COS IIII P P

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 293-294
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.6 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
306200
References RIC V.2# 345F
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.5.dio.345
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Maximian, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Maximianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Maximian, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Lion, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its mouth.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
P M TR P VIII COS IIII P P
-/-//B*

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Mass varies: 3.36–3.76 g;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (293-294)  "B*" in exergue;

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