Antoninianus - Maximianus PAX AVGG; Pax

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman 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	295-294
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.5 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 306338
References	RIC V.2# 408 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.408 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Maximian, radiate, sometimes helmeted, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAXIMIANVS P F AVG

Translation:
Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Maximianus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAX AVGG
-/-//III

Translation:
Pax Duorum Augustorum.
Peace of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

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

Comments

Mass varies: 3.175–3.75 g;
Diameter varies: 22–24 mm;

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
Undetermined
ND (295-294)												"III" in exergue;

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