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Nummus - Maximinus II IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 313 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Jupiter, nude save for a chlamys draped over his left shoulder and falling behind, stands facing with head turned to the left. In his extended right hand he holds a statuette of Victory, while his left arm leans upon a long vertical sceptre. At his feet to the left stands an eagle with wings spread. An officina numeral appears in the right field, and the mint signature is inscribed in the exergue. The composition follows the standard Jovian type promoted under the Tetrarchy to assert divine sanction for imperial authority. |
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| Reverse lettering | IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN or IOVI CON-SERVATORI AVGG NN or IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG NN or IOVI CON-SERVA-TORI AVGG NN (Translation: To Jupiter, the protector of our two emperors.) |
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Maximinus II struck this issue in early 313 while still holding the eastern half of the empire, but the political ground was already collapsing beneath him. Following his defeat at the Battle of Tzirallum in April 313 — routed by Licinius — he fled into Asia Minor and died at Tarsus within months, likely by suicide or poison. Siscia, deep in Licinius's territory, would have ceased striking in his name almost immediately after the battle.
RIC VII 234b is a workshop variant distinguished by its officina mark, part of the broader IOVI CONSERVATORI series that Maximinus leaned on heavily as a declaration of allegiance to the old Jovian divine order against Constantine's increasingly Christian alignment.