Maxentius (306-312)
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Maxentius [b. ca. 283], son of Maximian, was discontented at not becoming Caesar when Diocletian and Maximian retired in 305. When Galerius revoked Italy's tax immunity, Maxentius revolted, first being proclaimed Caesar and then Augustus.
Maxentius
306-312 AD
AE Follis
6.2g
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MAXENTIVS
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Galerius adopted and appointed as Caesar Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximinus who is known to history as Maximinus II.
Maxentius (306-312)
/CONVERVATORES VRBS SVAE, Roma seated in six-column temple. Also, a similar official coin.
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/CONVERVATORES VRBS SVAE, Roma seated in six-column temple
Legible imitation. AE24. 6:00. 6.34 grams.
Maxentius, AE Follis, Middle to Late 309, Group I, Class I, Ostia, Officina 3
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Laureate head right, divergent laurel ties
AET_ERNITAS A_VG N ...
Maxentius Collections : A great site listing Medals, Jettons, and Tokens from the Napoleonic Era. It also has a great variety of coins from Italian states dating from the French Revolution to 1870 as well as coins from Roman Republic.
RIC91, Maxentius: Follis (0307AD-0308AD)
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Laureated head of Maxentius right ...
Maxentius, AD306-312, AE Follis. Emperor head rt./CONSERV VRB SVAE, Emperor rt. on steps receives globe from Roma seated left in tetrastyle temple, wolf and twins in pediment, 2 Victories on roof rt.
Translation : "Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus", (Maxence pieux heureux auguste).
Description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).
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He defeated the Generals of Maxentius, first as Taurinus (Turin), and afterwards at Verona; and in a final action at the Pons Milvius [Milvian bridge], near Rome, ...
While preparing for a battle with the army of his rival Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge in Rome, he saw a cross in the sky with the inscription IN HOC SIGNO VINCES.
Reading Roman Coin Inscriptions
Reading the Latin inscriptions on Roman coins is not hard once you get the basics. In this first coin of Maxentius, the meaning of the inscription is included in the image: ...
A word of unknown origin first used to describe a banner or vexillum ornamented with the Christogram, which was the sign under which Constantine the Great chose to fight when he defeated Maxentius in CE 312. It first appears on a coin of CE 327.
 See also: Coin, Reverse, Revers, Diocletian, Ancient
  
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