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Nummus - Magnus Maximus D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, VICTORIA AVGG, Lugdunum
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Lugdunum |
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| Year | 383-388 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Magnus Maximus seized power in Britain in 383 by having his troops proclaim him augustus, then crossed into Gaul and defeated the legitimate emperor Gratian, who was murdered at Lyon — the very city whose mint struck this coin. The Lugdunum mint produced his bronzes throughout his five-year usurpation, which ended when Theodosius I crushed his forces in the Balkans in 388 and had him executed. The RIC IX #34 variant designation signals a die or officina discrepancy from the primary recorded type, a not uncommon situation for a mint operating under a regime that changed hands violently twice within a decade.