Maximian (AD 286-305), Gold Aureus, 5.3 gms., mint of Rome, undated, MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right, rev. HERCVLI DEBELLAT, Hercules, naked, with club, slaying the Hydra, PROM in exergue (RIC--; Metropolitan Museum of Art Sale, Sotheby's, 1972, lot 215), tiny scratch behind Emperor's head, otherwise extremely fine and very rare