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305 NGC XF Maximian Abdication Follis Roman Empire Providentia Trier Mint (25020101C)

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  • 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.