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Aureus - Maximian HERCVLI DEBELLAT, Trier
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 293-294 |
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| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (293-294) - 1st Officina (PT) |
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Maximian adopted the divine epithet Hercules as a deliberate political act — he and Diocletian cast themselves as earthly agents of Hercules and Jupiter respectively, a theological framework underpinning the entire Tetrarchic system established in 293. The DEBELLAT reverse type belongs to the opening years of that arrangement, when Maximian was actively campaigning against Bagaudae rebels in Gaul and Germanic incursions across the Rhine frontier, making Trier the natural mint city for his western issues.
RIC VI 10 is a scarce type. Gold aurei of the Tetrarchic period survive in small numbers relative to the bronze coinage of the same reigns.