Antoninianus - Maximianus IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG; Jupiter

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 285-286
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.5 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
306485
References RIC V.2# 506A,
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.506
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Maximian, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Maximian, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Jupiter, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; sometimes at foot, globe or eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG
-/-//XXIA

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

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Mass varies: 2.104–4.374 g;
Diameter varies: 21–25 mm;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (285-286)  "XXI∈" in exergue;
ND (285-286)  "XXIA" in exergue;
ND (285-286)  "XXIB" in exergue;
ND (285-286)  "XXIZ" in exergue;
ND (285-286)  "XXIΓ" in exergue;
ND (285-286)  "XXIΔ" in exergue;
ND (285-286)  "XXIς" in exergue;

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