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Magnus Maximus, Western Roman Empire (AD 383-388). AR siliqua (17mm, 1.64 gm, 11h). NGC AU 4/5 - 2/5, edge chip, brushed. Milan, summer AD 387-28 August AD 388. D N MAG MA-XIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Magnus Maximus right, seen from front / VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, globe in right hand, grounded spear in left; MDPS in exergue. RIC IX 19a.
From the Ed's Treasures Collection. Ex Gussage All Saints Hoard (PAS Ref. DOR-A1CCB1; NC 171 [2011]).
A capable general of Spanish birth, Flavius Magnus Clemens Maximus was appointed military commander of Britain in AD 380. Three years later, Maximus made a bid for the throne of the Western Roman Empire, then ruled by the ineffectual Gratian and his young brother Valentinian II. To secure the loyalty of the British legions, Maximus reopened the old mint of Londinium, which had been closed for more than fifty years, and began striking gold solidi acclaiming himself as Augustus. After disposing of Gratian, Maximus proposed a three-way division of the Empire, with himself ruling Britain, Gaul, Germany and Spain, Valentinian II ruling Italy and Africa, and Theodosius I, another Spaniard, holding the East. This uneasy equilibrium lasted about three years but, thereafter, Maximus began encroaching upon Valentinian II's territory. In AD 387, Maximus raised his son Flavius Victor to the rank of Augustus and launched an invasion of Italy, provoking a final showdown with Theodosius. But in a lightning campaign, Theodosius struck eastward and defeated Maximus before he could fully martial his forces. Both Maximus and Victor were summarily executed by Theodosius, who restored Valentinian II to the Western throne.
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Magnus Maximus, Western Roman Empire (AD 383-388). AR siliqua (17mm, 1.64 gm, 11h). NGC AU 4/5 - 2/5, edge chip, brushed. Milan, summer AD 387-28 August AD 388. D N MAG MA-XIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Magnus Maximus right, seen from front / VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, globe in right hand, grounded spear in left; MDPS in exergue. RIC IX 19a.
From the Ed's Treasures Collection. Ex Gussage All Saints Hoard (PAS Ref. DOR-A1CCB1; NC 171 [2011]).
A capable general of Spanish birth, Flavius Magnus Clemens Maximus was appointed military commander of Britain in AD 380. Three years later, Maximus made a bid for the throne of the Western Roman Empire, then ruled by the ineffectual Gratian and his young brother Valentinian II. To secure the loyalty of the British legions, Maximus reopened the old mint of Londinium, which had been closed for more than fifty years, and began striking gold solidi acclaiming himself as Augustus. After disposing of Gratian, Maximus proposed a three-way division of the Empire, with himself ruling Britain, Gaul, Germany and Spain, Valentinian II ruling Italy and Africa, and Theodosius I, another Spaniard, holding the East. This uneasy equilibrium lasted about three years but, thereafter, Maximus began encroaching upon Valentinian II's territory. In AD 387, Maximus raised his son Flavius Victor to the rank of Augustus and launched an invasion of Italy, provoking a final showdown with Theodosius. But in a lightning campaign, Theodosius struck eastward and defeated Maximus before he could fully martial his forces. Both Maximus and Victor were summarily executed by Theodosius, who restored Valentinian II to the Western throne.
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