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Aureus - Maximianus HERCVLI VICTORI; Hercules

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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 284-294
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
306465
References RIC V.2# 489D
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.489
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P AVG

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

Reverse

Hercules, standing front, head left, holding olive-branch in right hand and club in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HERCVLI VICTORI
-/-//PR

Translation:
Herculi Victori.
To victorious Hercules.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (284-294)  "PR" in exergue;

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