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ID:     701056
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Maximianus
Date Ruled:     AD 285-305, 307-308, 310
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 287
Weight:     4.70 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     MAXIMIA_NVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureated head right
Reverse Legend:     HERCVLI_VICTORI
Reverse Description:     Hercules seated facing on rocks, head right, holding lion's skin and club; to right, quiver with arrows and bow
Exergue:     PR
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     Pink, Goldprägung p. 19
Reference3:     Depeyrot 6/3
Reference4:     Cohen 305; Calicó 4680 corr. (mint, date)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=70881
Grade:     EF
Notes:     ($6000)When Diocletian devised his new tetrarchy system of government, with the object of bringing much-needed stability to the political situation in the Empire, part of his strategy was to create two imperial houses, the Jovians and the Herculians. Idealistic and impractical, like so much of Diocletian's thinking, the plan was to replace the inherently unstable arrangement based on family dynasties