Gold Aureus of Maximian, Rome, AD 298 - AD 299 1944.100.2803

Physical Description

• Axis: 1

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 5.31
  • Diameter (in mm): 19

Typological Description

• Date Range: AD 298 - AD 299
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Aureus
• Material: Gold

• Authority

  • Authority: Maximian

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

• Obverse

  • Portrait: Galerius

• Reverse

  • Symbol: -/-//PR

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: Beaurains ("Arras"), France, 1922

References

• Reference: RIC VI Rome 8b
• Citation: Bastien and Metzger, Arras 182
• Reference: Beaurains 182 (this coin)

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.2803
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society
• ImageSponsor: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Subjects

• Series: RIC.6

Notes

• Same rev. die as 1944.100.2802 (Diocletian)

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States