Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing r., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l., facing Hercules, naked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and club and lion-skin in l.; ᴗ E in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IHP C M HVR VHL HΠXIMIHHVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOV ET HERCV CONSFR HVCC (Jupiter and Hercules, Protectors of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: XXI
Bibliography: RIC V 622
Notes: According to RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ E in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.
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