Roman Imperial coin – HCR86171

Obverse

Inscription:

MAXIMIANVS P F AVG

Design:

Head of Maximian, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

VIRTVS MILITVM

Design:

Three-turreted camp gate, open, no doors

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Maximian

Mint

Siscia

Denomination

Argenteus

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 300

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.8

Axis

Diameter (mm)

19.6

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition collection reference

David Walker Collection

Acquisition date

20/12/1990

Source

D. R. Walker; Numismatik Lanz München 850, 25/5/1987

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by D. R. Walker, 1990.

Mint-mark (reverse)

-/-//*SIS

Reference

RIC VI : 66b var.

Note:

Obverse inscription is MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, not MAXIMIANVS AVG (obverse inscription type 2b, not 2a)

Reference

Omissi, A., and Lindholmer, M. - Mapping the Fall : AD 293 - 304

Note:

Contra RIC VI, p.436, the province of Pannonia Superior, and therefore mint of Sisica, fell under the administrative jurisdiction of Diocletian, not Maximian. In further support of this re-assignment see T. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (London, 1982), p.195-200, and M. Hendy, Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450 (London, 1985), p.371-386

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski