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Antoninianus - Maximianus PAX AVGG, Pax
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 290-294 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG (Translation: Imperator Maximianus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator) Maximian, emperor (Augustus).) |
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| Reverse lettering | PAX AVGG -/-//S (Translation: Pax Duorum Augustorum. Peace of the two emperors (Augusti).) |
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Maximianus issued heavily during the early Tetrarchic period as part of Diocletian's deliberate propaganda program — the PAX AVGG legend invoking peace in the plural precisely because two Augusti now shared rule. The coinage was a political statement before it was a monetary object, broadcasting the fiction of harmonious co-rule to every corner of the empire.
The antoninianus itself was in terminal decline by this point, its silver content degraded so far from its third-century origins that "silver" is largely a courtesy description for the thin surface wash over a base core.