Antoninianus - Maximianus VIRTVS AVGG; Hercules

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	286-294
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.9 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 306386
References	RIC V.2# 437C 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.437 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Maximian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Valerius Maximianus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Hercules, standing right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VIRTVS AVGG
C//-

Translation:
Virtus Augustorum.
Courage of the emperors (Augusti).

Mint

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

Comments

Mass varies: 2.55–4.55 g;
Diameter varies: 20.5–23 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 (286-294)												"(rev. C)" in field;
ND (286-294)												"C" in field;
ND (286-294)												"D" in field;

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