正面
正面的文字 IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
正面的说明书 Tête laurée de Maximien Hercule à droite (O*).
正面的翻译 “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
背面
背面的文字 GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI// K.
背面的说明书 Genius (le Génie) nu, tourelé debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
背面铭文 D
背面的翻译 “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
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历史细节
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Auguste I
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He has "a low forehead, a wrinkled face, a trumpet nose, a thick chin and neck, a shaggy beard" according to "The Roman Emperors", op. cit., p. 119. This description does not look so much like the portraits of the argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. He is chosen by Diocletian to assist him. He was first Caesar, then Augustus from April 286, and it was the foundation of the Diarchy. Maximien settles in Trèves and must fight against the barbarian invasions and the usurpation of Carausius in Brittany. In 293, when the Tetrarchy was created, he was assisted by Constantius Chlorus. Diocletian forces Maximian to abdicate on May 1, 305. He resents retirement and goes to support his son Maxentius when he seizes Rome on October 28, 306. He resumes service as august in 307 and helps Constantine to whom he gives his daughter Fausta in marriage. Maximian is forced to abdicate at the conference of Carnuntum, November 11, 308. One last time, he resumes the purple at the beginning of 310 in Marseilles before committing suicide or being assassinated.