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Antoninianus - Maximianus VICTORIA AVGG
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 291-295 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximianus facing right, rendered in the late Roman imperial style typical of the Tetrarchic period. The radiate crown, a hallmark of the antoninianus denomination, rises prominently above the portrait. The emperor's paludamentum is visible at the truncation, conveying martial authority. The encircling Latin legend runs clockwise along the beaded border of the flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (291-295) - `A` in field; `XXI` in exergue; - ND (291-295) - `B` in field; `XXI` in exergue; - ND (291-295) - `Γ` in field; `XXI` in exergue; - |
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Maximianus co-ruled as Augustus under the Tetrarchic system established by Diocletian in 285 AD, and the VICTORIA AVGG reverse legend — "Victory of the two Augusti" — reflects the precise political moment before the system expanded to four rulers with the appointment of the two Caesars in 293. Issues bearing this dual-Augustus formula are therefore dateable to the window before that expansion, which RIC V.2 narrows to the early 290s.
The antoninianus itself was already a debased ghost of its third-century predecessors by this point, its silver content maintained only as a thin surface wash over a bronze core.