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RIC VI, ROMA [after 210], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., rad., dr., cuir. (?), seen from rear.

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated facing, head l., in hexastyle temple, r. holding globe, l. sceptre, shield at side; knobs as acroteria; wreath in pediment. RBT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for Maxentius' coinage. Listed in (p. 310, no. 95; this coin). Coin should be listed after ROMA 210.

NOTES

Weight 5.4 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold on eBay in February 2010 for USD 128.55 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Shown in Drost (plate 33, no. 95/1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski