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Maximian, 285 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D., Commemorative Issued by Constantine the Great
From the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection. A handwritten card notes, "Bought at Piperno, Dec 13, 1909." Piperno, ancient Privernum, was renamed Priverno in 1928. Prof. Armstrong wrote a series of articles on Privernum that were published in the American Journal of Archaeology. Constantine the Great issued this commemorative, ironically honoring a man he had forced to commit suicide. The reverse legend translates, "The rest and retirement of the best and most meritorious [emperors]," referring to the dead and deified emperors Claudius II Gothicus, Maximian and Constantius I. Constantine struck commemoratives with this reverse for each of these emperors, with whom he had familial connections.
SH43100. Billon reduced follis, RIC VII Rome p. 310, 104 (R3); SRCV IV p. 496, 16400; Cohen VII 495 (2 fr.), F, Rome mint, weight 3.193g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 180o, 317 A.D.; obverse DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP, laureate and veiled head right; reverse REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM (retirement most deserved), Emperor seated left on curule chair, raising hand, scepter in left hand, R[...] in exergue; from the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection, handwritten card notes, "Bought at Piperno, Dec 13, 1909"; scarce; SOLD
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