Gold Aureus of Maximian, Trier, AD 295 - AD 305 1944.100.5859

Physical Description

• Axis: 6

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 5.16
  • Diameter (in mm): 19

Typological Description

• Date Range: AD 295 - AD 305
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Aureus
• Material: Gold

• Authority

  • Authority: Maximian
  • • State: Roman Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Trier
  • Region: Gallia

• Obverse

  • Portrait: Galerius
  • • State: Roman Empire

• Reverse

  • Symbol: -/-//TR
  • Deity: Mars

Findspot Description

Findspot

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

References

• Reference: RIC VI Treveri 63
• Citation: Bastien, Arras no. 268
• Reference: Beaurains 268 (this coin)

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.5859
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society
• ImageSponsor: Vincent Drost

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Subjects

• Series: RIC.6

Rights

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