Aureus - Maximianus VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM; 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 | 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# 306586 |
| References | RIC V.2# 573D 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Maximian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Hercules, standing right, leaning on club on rock and holding bow and lions skin in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM
Translation:
Virtus Augustorum.
Courage of the emperors (Augusti).
Mint
Siscia, modern-day Sisak, CroatiaComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (284-294) | |||||||||||||||
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