ROMAN IMPERIAL LARGE FOLLIS EMPEROR MAXIMIANUS (29MM) AE TICINUM MINT 296-297 AD

Description

Roman Imperial Large Follis Emperor Maximianus AE Follis. Struck circa 296-297 A.D.

Obverse: IMP C M A X MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right / 

Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius naked and wearing chlamys

standing left holding patera, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia,

Ticinum mint.  Dot in right field. Mintmark ST.

Reference: RIC VI Ticinum 31b

Provinance 

Property of a Middlesex gentleman; formerly with In Asta Auction, San Marino.

Condition

I am not a coin specialist at all so for condition see photographs I estimate Very Fine. 

Stable verdigris NOT BD.

A very solid scarce coin at a reasonable price.

Dimensions

The coin measures 29 mm and weighs 10 grams approx.

HISTORY

Maximian, Latin in full Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, (born c. AD 250, Sirmium, Pannonia Inferior—died A.D. 310, Massilia [now Marseille, France]), Roman emperor with Diocletian from AD 286 to 305.

Born of humble parents, Maximian rose in the army, on the basis of his military skill, to become a trusted officer and friend of the emperor Diocletian, who made him caesar July 21, 285, and augustus April 1, 286. Maximian thus became in theory the colleague of Diocletian, but his role was always subordinate. Assigned the government of the West, Maximian defeated native revolts and a German invasion in Gaul, but he failed to suppress the revolt of Carausius in Gaul and Britain; after the institution of the tetrarch system (i.e., two augusti, each with one caesar under him), Constantius Chlorus, appointed caesar under Maximian in 293, took charge of these areas while Maximian continued to govern Italy, Spain, and Africa. He was an enthusiastic persecuter of harmless Christians and tried to destroy their faith but failed! As a persecutor of Christ he took vengeance on innocent men, women and children. Maximian seems to have done this to please his evil counterpart and willingly obey the first edict of Diocletian, which ordered murder of the innocent, the burning of the Scriptures and the closing of the churches. On May 1, 305, the same day that Diocletian abdicated at Nicomedia, Maximian abdicated, evidently reluctantly, at Mediolanum (modern Milan). As the new tetrarchy that succeeded them began to break down, Maximian reclaimed the throne to support his son Maxentius (307). Persuaded to abdicate once more by Diocletian in 308, he lived at the court of Constantine, who had recently married his daughter Fausta. Maximian committed suicide shortly after the suppression of a revolt raised by him against Constantine.

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Fine condition.

The condition is good with nice patina, arms folded and losses.

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