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Roma, 17.7.2022
Dear,
below I report the significant elements regarding the
coin above:
Antoninianus1,
Rome mint, (286 - 287) a. D.2, RIC
V/II 506 (pag. 278), Cohen
VI 355 (pag. 528), rarity index
"C".
Summary
description:
D. IMP MAXIMIANVS P
F AVG3. Maximianus
Herculius, radiate and cuirassed
bust to right.
R. IOVI CONSER-VAT
AVGG4. XXIϛ5.
Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and
sceptre.
The search of coins of the type above gave rise to
the following results:
- https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=49756
Description: MAXIMIEN HERCULE (10/12/285-02/310)
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Auguste I
(1/04/286-1/05/305) Aurelianus 286-287 N°
brm_123099 Date: 286-287 Nom de l'atelier: Rome
Métal: billon Diamètre: 22,00mm Axe des coins: 6h.
Poids: 4,79g. Etat de conservation: SUP/TTB+.
Commentaires sur l'état de conservation:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan large avec un
très beau portrait. Patine marron. Frappé
mollement au revers. Prix: 75,00 € N° dans
les ouvrages de référence: RIC.506 - C.355 - La
Venèra. IV/7523. Titulature avers: IMP MAXIMIANVS
P F AVG. Description avers: Buste radié, drapé et
cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite, vu de trois
quarts en avant (A). Traduction avers: 'Imperator
Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus' (L'empereur
Maximien pieux heureux auguste). Titulature
revers: IOVI CONSER-VAT AVGG// XXIS. Description
revers: Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur
l'épaule, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un
sceptre long de la gauche. Traduction revers:
'Iovi Conservatori Augustorum', (A Jupiter le
protecteur des augustes). Commentaire à propos de
cet exemplaire: Poids lourd. Trace de frappe
incuse du droit, visible au revers. Historique:
Maximien est né à Sirmium vers 250. Il a 'le front
bas, la figure ridée, le nez en trompette, le
menton et le cou épais, la barbe hirsute' d'après
'Les empereurs romains', op. cit., p. 119. Cette
description ne ressemble pas tellement aux
portraits des argentei qui sont stéréotypés et pas
forcément reconnaissables. Il est choisi par
Dioclétien pour le seconder. Il est d'abord césar,
puis auguste à partir d'avril 286, et c'est la
fondation de la Dyarchie. Maximien s'installe à
Trèves et doit lutter contre les invasions
barbares et l'usurpation de Carausius en Bretagne.
En 293, à la création de la Tétrarchie, il est
secondé par Constance Chlore. Dioclétien oblige
Maximien à abdiquer le 1er mai 305. Il accepte mal
la retraite et va soutenir son fils Maxence quand
celui-ci s'empare de Rome le 28 octobre 306. Il
reprend du service comme auguste en 307 et aide
Constantin à qui il donne sa fille Fausta en
mariage. Maximien est obligé d'abdiquer à la
conférence de Carnuntum le 11 novembre 308. Une
dernière fois, il reprend la pourpre au début 310
à Marseille avant de se suicider ou d'être
assassiné.
- https://www.numismaticafiorentina.it/maximianus-herculius-286-305-d-c-mi-antoniniano.html
Maximianus Herculius 286-305 d.C. -Mi/ antoniniano
Maximianus Herculius 286-305 d.C. Mi/ antoniniano
Ric. 506 Cohen 354 4,13g. qSPL. €95,00.
- https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_maximianus_antoninianus_285286_rome__billon_ric506/1344831/Default.aspx
Coin, Maximianus, Antoninianus, 285-286, Rome, ,
€25.00 Billon, RIC:506 Rates for: 07/16/22 Jupiter
standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre;
XXIZ in exergue. CHARACTERISTICS
COMPOSITION Billon DIAMETER 23
DENOMINATION Antoninianus MAIN CHARACTER
Maximianus MINT NAME Rome RIC 506 YEAR 285-286
PRODUCT TYPE Coin.
- https://www.ma-shops.com/hollandia/item.php?id=1490
Roman Empire antoninianus 286-287 AD Maximian
Herculius (286-305), Rome, RIC 506, VF 49,00 EUR
Conservazione: VF | Abbreviazioni billon | weight
4,27gr. | Ø 23mm. | die-axe 1 o’clock Obv.
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, with
legend IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG. Rev. Jupiter
standing left holding thunderbolt and sceptre,
with legend IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, in exerque
mintmark XXIZ RIC V 506 | Sear 13143 Very Fine
Silvering on the surface.
- https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-II/Maximianus/Z4534.jpg
Maximianus, Antoninianus, 285-286, Rome, Officina
1 IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Radiate, draped,
cuirassed bust right. IOVI CONSER_VAT AVGG
Jupiter, nude but for chlamys over left shoulder,
standing facing, head left, thunderbolt in right
hand, scepter in left XXIA in exergue 22mm x 24mm,
3.25g RIC V, Part II, 506 (C).
- https://jetonscanada.com/en/product/maximian-antoninianus-285-286-jupiter-rome-ric-506-maximien-hercule/
Maximian Antoninianus 285-286 Jupiter Rome RIC 506
Maximien Hercule $39.00 Description Maximian,
Antoninianus, 285-286, Rome, Officina #5 RIC 506
Obv.: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Rev.: IOVI CONSERVAT
AVGG 3.38g 21.2mm.
- https://www.numiscorner.com/products/coin-maximianus-antoninianus-285-286-rome-vf30-35-billon-ric-506
(ANTIQUE , ROMAN , 2. EMPIRE (27 BC TO 476 AD)) -
2. EMPIRE (27 BC TO 476 AD) ROMAN 2.
EMPIRE (27 BC TO 476 AD) COIN, MAXIMIANUS,
ANTONINIANUS 285-286 - Rome - VF(30-35) - Billon -
RIC:506 €25 Detailed description Jupiter standing
left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; XXIZ in
exergue. 2.94g Coin condition: VF(30-35)
composition: Billon Denomination: Antoninianus
Diameter: 23 Mint name: Rome Product type: Coin
Year: 285-286 Main character: Maximianus.
- https://www.ma-shops.com/cdma/item.php?id=412619
Antoninianus 285-286 Roma Coin, Maximianus, Roma,
Billon, RIC:506 EF(40-45) 35,00 EUR Conservazione:
EF(40-45) Materiale: biglione Peso: 3.70g Coin,
Maximianus, Antoninianus, 285-286, Roma,
EF(40-45), Billon, RIC:506,Radiate, draped and
cuirassed bust right,Jupiter standing left holding
thunderbolt and sceptre, Mintmark XXIA. Nothing at
foot.,IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG,IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG.
- https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=445
Maximian, 286 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D. In
286 A.D., Maximian was sent by the Emperor
Diocletian against Gaulish rebels, and upon their
defeat was raised to the rank of Augustus on 1
April 286. When Diocletian instituted the
Tetrarchy, Maximianus was made emperor of the
Western empire and seven years later Constantius I
joined him as Caesar. Maximianus was forced to
abdicate with Diocletian in 305 A.D., but the year
after he resumed the throne with his son
Maxentius. Forced to abdicate once again at the
Conference of Carnute, he resumed the title of
Augustus once more in 310 A.D. but was defeated
and forced to commit suicide by Constantine the
Great. Maximian, Maximian, 286 - 305, 306 - 308,
and 310 A.D.antoninianus. The reverse legend
dedicates this coin to "Jupiter the Protector of
the Emperors." The Roman's believed as the king of
the gods, Jupiter favored those in positions of
authority similar to his own. As the patron deity
of ancient Rome, he was the chief god of the
Capitoline Triad, with his sister and wife Juno.
The father of Mars, he was therefore the
grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary
founders of Rome. RL98424. Billon antoninianus,
Hunter IV 4 (also 1st officina), RIC V-2 506, SRCV
IV 13143, Cohen VI 355,, aVF, much silvering, full
borders on a wide flan, weakly struck centers,
weight 3.62g, maximum diameter 26.3 mm, die axis
0o, 1st officina, Rome mint, c. 285 - 286 A.D.;
obverse IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped,
and cuirassed bust right; reverse IOVI
CONSERVATORI AVGG (to Jupiter the protector of the
two emperors), Jupiter standing slightly left,
head left, nude but for chlamys over left
shoulder, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter
in vertical in left hand, XXIA in exergue; $80.00
(€76.00).
- cngcoins
Electronic Auction 505 Lot nuber 497 Maximianus.
First reign, AD 286-305. Antoninianus (23.5mm,
3.27g, 6h). Rome mint, 6th officina. Electronic
Auction 505 Lot: 497. Estimated: $ 75 Roman
Imperial, Silver Sold For $ 80. Maximianus. First
reign, AD 286-305. Antoninianus (23.5mm, 3.27 g,
6h). Rome mint, 6th officina. Radiate, draped, and
cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left,
holding thunderbolt and scepter; XXIς. RIC V 506.
Partial toned silvering and brown patina, some
green deposits. Good VF. Closing Date and Time: 1
December 2021 at 12:45:20 ET.
- https://www.cgb.fr/maximien-hercule-aurelianus-sup-ttb-,brm_223767,a.html
brm_223767 - MAXIMIEN HERCULE Aurelianus MAXIMIEN
HERCULE Aurelianus SUP/TTB+ Prix: 30.00€ Type:
Aurelianus Date: 03/286- hiver 287 Date: 286-287
Nom de l'atelier/ville: Rome Métal: billon
Diamètre: 22,00mm Axe des coins: 6h. Poids: 3,62g.
Officine: 5e COMMENTAIRES SUR L'ÉTAT DE
CONSERVATION: Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier
bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait bien
venu à a frappe. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine
vert olive RÉFÉRENCE OUVRAGE: RIC.506 - C.355 - La
Venèra. IV/7523 AVERS Titulature avers: IMP
MAXIMIANVS P F AVG. Description avers: Buste
radié, drapé et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à
droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Traduction avers: "Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix
Augustus" (L'empereur Maximien pieux heureux
auguste). REVERS Titulature revers: IOVI
CONSER-VAT AVGG/ -|-// XXIS. Description revers:
Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur
l'épaule, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un
sceptre long de la gauche. Traduction revers:
"Iovi Conservatori Augustorum" (À Jupiter le
protecteur des augustes). COMMENTAIRE Sans
argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux
extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le
paludamentum. HISTORIQUE MAXIMIEN HERCULE
(10/12/285-02/310) Marcus Aurelius Valerius
Maximianus Auguste I (1/04/286-1/05/305). Maximien
est né à Sirmium vers 250. Il a "le front bas, la
figure ridée, le nez en trompette, le menton et le
cou épais, la barbe hirsute" d'après "Les
empereurs romains", op. cit., p. 119. Cette
description ne ressemble pas tellement aux
portraits des argentei qui sont stéréotypés et pas
forcément reconnaissables. Il est choisi par
Dioclétien pour le seconder. Il est d'abord césar,
puis auguste à partir d'avril 286, et c'est la
fondation de la Dyarchie. Maximien s'installe à
Trèves et doit lutter contre les invasions
barbares et l'usurpation de Carausius en Bretagne.
En 293, à la création de la Tétrarchie, il est
secondé par Constance Chlore. Dioclétien oblige
Maximien à abdiquer le 1er mai 305. Il accepte mal
la retraite et va soutenir son fils Maxence quand
celui-ci s'empare de Rome le 28 octobre 306. Il
reprend du service comme auguste en 307 et aide
Constantin à qui il donne sa fille Fausta en
mariage. Maximien est obligé d'abdiquer à la
conférence de Carnuntum le 11 novembre 308. Une
dernière fois, il reprend la pourpre au début 310
à Marseille avant de se suicider ou d'être
assassiné.
I conclude observing that general and style
characteristics of the coin in question do not differ
from those of the coins found on the web. The physical
characteristics of the coin are missing and a
comparative examination with the authentic coins of
the period is not possible. In the present state of
conservation, the coin, if authentic, is worth, in my
opinion, about sixty euros.
Best regards.
Giulio De Florio
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Note:
(1) Antoninianus
(billon, silver finess 5%). I report below the
physical characteristics of the Antoniniani of the
type of figure found on the web:
| Link |
weight
(g) |
Diameter
(mm) |
die axis
(h) |
| Link1 |
4,7ù9 |
22,00 |
6 |
| Link2 |
4,13 |
- |
- |
| Link3 |
. |
23 |
- |
| Link4 |
4,27 |
23 |
1 |
| Link5 |
3,25 |
22-24 |
- |
| Link6 |
3,38 |
21,2 |
- |
| Link7 |
2,94 |
- |
- |
| Link8 |
3,70 |
- |
- |
| Link9 |
3,62 |
26,3 |
12 |
| Link10 |
3,27 |
23,5 |
6 |
| Link11 |
3,62 |
22,00 |
6 |
In the absence of the physical characteristics of
the coin in question, I will not be able to compare
it with the data in the table.
(2) The dating (286 - 287) a.
D., refers to a short period soon after the
establishment of the diarchy.
(3) IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG
(IMPerator MAXIMIANVS Pius Felix AVGustus). I take
from the Ric V/II (page 204), a few brief historical
notes relating to the early reign of Diocletian and
Maximian: "The Army of the East conferred the purple
on Diocletian after the death of Numerian, in the
autumn, probably in November, of 284, but he only
acquired power over the central and western
provinces after the battle of Margus, in the spring
of 285, where Carinus, victorious in the battle, was
afterwards slain by a tribune whose wife he had
seduced. A succession of warlike rulers had
re-established the empire from the military point of
view, and it fell to Diocletian, statesman rather
than soldier, to carry out its internal
reorganization. He at once appreciated that the
whole burden of so great a dominion could not be
borne by one pair of shoulders, and, early in 285,
associated, with himself Marcus Aurelius Valerius
Maximianus, a soldier of Pannonian peasant stock,
who had raised himself to high command by his
military talent. The selection proved successful;
Maximian, effective in action, had no subtlety with
which to embarrass his colleague, whose superiority
he seems to have been generally content to
acknowledge. The historians allege that he was first
created Caesar, and raised to the rank of Augustus
before the end of the year, but the coins do not
support this, for there are none with the lower
title which can be properly attributed to him. His
coinage as Augustus appears to commence immediately.
Diocletian took personal charge of the east, and
Maximian of the west, the former assuming the
surname of Jovius, and the latter that of Herculius.
As the years passed on, the need for further
assistance became apparent and, on first March 293,
the Augusti associated with themselves Flavius
Valerius Constantius, surnamed Chlorus, and Galerius
Valerius Maximianus as Caesars."
(4) IOVI CONSER-VAT AVGG. (IOVI
CONSERVATori AVGustorum, to Jupiter, the protector
of the Augusts). Jupiter is represented with his
attributes, the lightning bolt and the scepter. In
the sign of reciprocity between the two Augusti, the
mint of Rome struck an antoninian of the same type
(Ric 162) in
the name of Diocletian.
(5) XXIϛ. According to RIC, the
group XXI
means that 20 (XX) antoninians have the value of one
aureus. However, Mairat gives a different
interpretation. that is to say, "20 antoniniani have
the value of a piece of equal weight pure silver."
The letter ϛ
corresponds to the Greek number "6", which means
that the coin was struck by the sixth of seven
officinae active in Rome (v. RIC
V/II, page 213). Other officinae names are A,
B, Γ, Δ, Ɛ, ϛ, Z, the first and the last three,
mostly used by Maximian. |
