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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
5150413
Area
Coins
Title
Roman Empire, AE3 Follis, 308-309 AD, Romulus as divus under Maximianus, Aquileia, after 309 AD
Country
Face value
Year
309
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
1.45
Diameter
17.23
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS, Bare head right
Reverse
AETERNAE MEMORIAE, Domed shrine temple with open doors; on roof, eagle standing right, head left, RT in ex.
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
RIC 239
Details
Rare R2 Valerius Romulus (ca. 292-5 - 309) was the son of the Western Roman emperor-usurper Maxentius. His mother was Valeria Maximilla, daughter of Emperor Galerius. Romulus was consul with his father in 308 and 309. He was probably supposed to be appointed as consul every year, just like his father, but he died as a boy. After his death, he was elevated to the status of Divus ("deified"), and a temple of Divus Romulus was built in his honor on the Forum Romanum. He was buried in the mausoleum of Romulus that his father had built near his own residence, the villa of Maxentius, along the Via Appia.
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Zeldzaam R2
Valerius Romulus (ca. 292-5 – 309) was de zoon van de West-Romeinse keizer-usurpator Maxentius. Zijn moeder was Valeria Maximilla, dochter van keizer Galerius. Romulus was samen met zijn vader consul in 308 en 309. Waarschijnlijk was het de bedoeling dat hij net zoals zijn vader ieder jaar tot consul aangesteld werd, maar hij overleed nog als jongen. Na zijn dood werd hij verheven tot de status Divus ("vergoddelijkt"), en werd er een tempel van Divus Romulus ter ere van hem gebouwd op het Forum Romanum. Hij werd begraven in het mausoleum van Romulus dat zijn vader liet bouwen vlak bij zijn eigen verblijf, de villa van Maxentius, langs de Via Appia.