Aureus - Maximianus CONCORDIAE MILITVM; Concordia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	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
Weight	5.3 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 306649
References	RIC V.2# 603B 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.603 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Maximian, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximianus Augustus.

Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximianus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Concordia, draped, standing left, holding two ensigns.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONCORDIAE MILITVM
SC*

Unabridged legend: Concordiae Militum.

Translation: For harmony with the soldiers.

Mint

SC*	Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Mass varies: 5.24–5.4 g;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (284-294) SC												(fr) "SC" en exergue;
ND (284-294) SC*												(fr) "SC*" en exergue;

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