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Aureus - Maximianus VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM, Hercules
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 284-294 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate bust of Maximianus facing left, draped in the imperial paludamentum, holding an eagle-tipped sceptre in the right hand. The effigy is rendered in the late Roman imperial style, with the radiate crown denoting his elevated status. The encircling legend is incuse in Latin characters, distributed around the bust within the coin's field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maximianus shared the title Augustus with Diocletian from 286 AD, part of the deliberate ideological pairing in which Diocletian assumed the identity of Jovius and Maximianus that of Herculius — the divine sanction of Jupiter and Hercules mapped directly onto the two rulers. The VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM legend on aurei of this type belongs squarely to that propaganda program, asserting a shared martial virtue rather than individual glory.
RIC V.2 574H places this piece within the pre-Tetrarchic phase, before the system formally expanded to four rulers in 293 AD.