Antoninianus - Maximianus IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG

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	285-295
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.7 g
Diameter	20.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 306672
References	RIC V.2# 623F 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.623 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Maximian, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR 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

Maximian, draped, cuirassed, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter; Jupiter, standing left, holding sceptre.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG
Γ//XXI

Translation:
Iovi Conservatori Duorum Augustorum.
To Jupiter, the protector of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Mass varies: 2.024–4.496 g;
Diameter varies: 19–21.66 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 (285-295)												"(cresent on ∈Δ)" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"(cresent on Γ)" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"(cresent on ϵ)" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"(cresent on ς)" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"∈Δ" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"H" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"Z" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"Γ" in field; "XXI" in exergue;
ND (285-295)												"ς" in field; "XXI" in exergue;

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