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Aureus - Maximian VIR TVS AVG G, Rome

Issuer	Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year	294
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Technique	Hammered
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Obverse description	Laureate head of Maximian facing right, with short beard and hair rendered in fine parallel strokes swept back from the forehead, with the laurel wreath ties visible at the nape. The portrait is executed in the vigorous, naturalistic Tetrarchic style, with strong facial features and a slightly truncated bust. The encircling Latin legend is interrupted by the portrait, reading MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
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Reverse description	Hercules, nude save for the Nemean lion skin draped over his left shoulder, stands facing right in a dynamic composition. With his left hand he seizes the centaur Nessus by the hair, while his raised right hand brandishes a club in a gesture of imminent violence. Nessus, shown to the right, strains and struggles against the hero's grip. The mintmark PROM appears in the exergue, denoting the Rome mint. The encircling legend reads VIRTVS AVGG.
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