MaximianusVirtusAuggAureus
AU Maximianus Herculius Aureus 286-305 A.D.(6.15g) Rome 293 A.D.
O: MAXIMIANUS PF AUG; Laur.hd.r.; Pink Num. Zettschr. 1931, p.21 (cites a single specimen only, in Florence); C 595 (150 Fr., formerly Paris); erroneously omitted from RIC V/2
R: VIRTUS AUGG; Hercules r. forcing stag to ground; on l., lionskin draped over club (As part of his labors Hercules was ordered to capture the Kerynitian stag, which had golden antlers and was sacred to Artemis, and bring it alive to King Eurystheus in Mycenae).
G: FDC
S: Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
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