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Aureus - Maximianus COS III
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 290-293 |
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| Weight | 5.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Maximianus facing right, with a short beard rendered in finely engraved strokes. The emperor's portrait is executed in high relief with bold, naturalistic modelling characteristic of Tetrarchic imperial coinage. A paludamentum is visible at the shoulder, draped and fastened. The encircling legend reads MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS in crisp Latin capitals, distributed around the obverse field within a fine beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maximianus held his third consulship between 290 and 293, a period when Diocletian's tetrarchic framework was still consolidating — the formal announcement of the Tetrarchy came in 293 with the appointment of Constantius and Galerius as Caesars. Aurei of this precise consular phase are relatively scarce, as the mint output prioritized silver and bronze for troop payments during active campaigning on the Rhine and Danube frontiers.
RIC V.2 599 is attributed to the Lugdunum mint under Diocletian's reform period, before the systematic retariffing of gold that followed the Edict on Maximum Prices in 301.