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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Maximianus with a reverse showing Hercules Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Maximianus, 286-305 CE
Mint and Date: Rome mint, officina 1, 291 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm, 3.01g
Obverse: IMP MAXIMI-ANVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVGG
Hercules standing facing, head left, club in right hand, lion-skin in left, trophy in crook of left arm.
Exergue: XXIA
Ref: RIC V 515
Provenance: GB Collection (Vcoins), January 2011
BW Ref: 017 052 166
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