Details
Maximian, Second Reign (AD 306-308), Gold Medallion of two Aurei, 10.2 gms., mint of Rome, struck AD 307, IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate head right, rev. VOT XX ET XXX FELICIT PR within wreath (RIC 174 - obverse legend is 2b - see ill. on plate 6, struck from the same dies as the present piece; Carson, Gold Medals of the Reign of Maxentius, Proceedings of the International Numismatic Congress of 1961, vol. 2, no. 1 (Plate 27, 5), same dies = Carson, A Treasure of Aurei and Gold Multiples from the Mediterranean, Mélanges de Numismatique, D' Archaeologie e D'Histoire offerts a Jean Lafaurie, Paris, 1980, no. 93 (plated)), very light surface marks and some encrustation, otherwise extremely fine, an impressive medallion with a fine portrait of Maximian
Provenance
"Parthenico" Hoard?