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Antoninianus - Maximianus VIRTVTI AVGG, Hercules
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 289-293 |
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| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | MAXIMIANVS AVG (Translation: Maximianus Augustus. Maximian, emperor (Augustus).) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maximianus co-ruled as Augustus under Diocletian's Tetrarchic system from 286 AD, and the VIRTVTI AVGG legend — invoking the virtue of the two Augusti — belongs squarely to the period before the full Tetrarchy was formalized in 293. Hercules was not incidental to Maximianus: Diocletian had assigned him the divine patron deliberately, styling him "Herculius" to complement his own Jovian identity, a theological justification for shared imperial power that was entirely novel in Roman political thought.