MAXIMINUS II. 309-313 AD. Æ Follis (21mm, 5.47 gm). Heraclea mint. Struck circa 313 AD. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVSP F AVG, laureate head right / HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules, laureate, standing facing, head right, leaning on club with lion skin draped over arm; B/SMHT. RIC VI 77. EF. Rare.
Marching against Licinius, Maximinus crossed the Bosporus in April 313, and advanced on Byzantium, which Licinius had garrisoned with troops; when the city refused to surrender, he took it after an eleven day siege. He then moved against Heraclea, which he captured after a short siege. With only a small contingent of men, Licinius arrived at Adrianople while Maximinus was besieging Heraclea. On 30 April 313, Maximinus' forces were routed on the Campus Ergenus. Disguising himself like a slave, Maximinus fled. Though he continued to harry Licinius, Maximinus died, probably in July or August 313, and was buried near Tarsus.
