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ID:     80000761
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Maximianus
Date Ruled:     AD 285-305, 307-308, 310
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Medallion
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 296-299
Weight:     36.57 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP C M A VAL MAX_IMIANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureated half-length bust right, wearing toga picta over tunica palmata, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand
Reverse Legend:     HERCVLI CON_SERVATORI AVGG
Reverse Description:     Hercules seated facing on rock outcropping, lion skin on lap, right hand resting on thigh, left holding club set on ground; quiver and bow in right field
Mint Mark:     none
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     cf. Gnecchi II P. 127, 2 and pl. 126, 4 (smaller module; head right, wearing lions skin headdress)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132984
Grade:     Good VF, dark green and brown patina with flecks of red, traces of silvering
Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 761 Well centered and well struck Ex Michael Weller Collection (Triton VIII, 10 January 2005), lot 1078; Gorny & Mosch 125 (13 October 2003), lot 573.