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Aureus - Maximianus IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG; Jupiter
| Issuer | Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 284-294 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximianus facing right, rendered in high relief with fine engraving. The emperor wears a laurel wreath and articulated muscle cuirass with decorated pteryges visible at the shoulder. The portrait displays a bearded, strongly modelled visage characteristic of Tetrarchic imperial imagery. The encircling legend reads IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, contained within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (284-294) |
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Maximianus was elevated to co-emperor by Diocletian in 285 AD — first as Caesar, then Augustus the following year — as part of a deliberate restructuring of imperial authority that would eventually formalize into the Tetrarchy. The IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG legend positions Jupiter as the divine protector of both emperors, a theological framework Diocletian engineered carefully: he took the title Iovius, linking himself directly to Jupiter, while Maximianus received Herculius, subordinating him symbolically even within shared rule.
RIC V.2 492 falls within a narrow window before the full Tetrarchic coinage reorganization of 294.