- Extremely Fine Emperor Maximian Roman Empire follis (billon nummus) coin.
- Special Post-Abdication Commemorative issue struck between 305 to 306 CE at the Trier Mint (present day German), PTR.
- Approx 29mm, 9.54g.
- Certified by NGC to XF.
- Sear S-13394.
- Reverse scratches are on holder, NOT coin.
- Obverse: D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust of Augustus Maximianus right wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa.
- Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVG, Providentia standing right receiving olive branch from Quies standing left holding sceptre, S F in field, in ex. mint mark, PTR.
- Providentia is a divine personification of the ability to foresee and make provision.
- Quies was personification of tranquillity and was worshiped as a divinity by the Romans.
- An appropriate selection of personifications to reflect the abdication and retirement of Emperor Maximian.
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