6-1886

RIC VI, ROMA [after 270], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI VICTORI AVG N]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

MARTIVI-CTORIAVGN [MARTI VICTORI AVG N]; Mars, naked except for helmet and chlamys over shoulder, stg. l., head r., helmeted, r. holding spear; at his feet, on l. naked captive, on r. captive wearing elephant-skin (Africa?). REQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC, but cf. ROMA 222, 269 and 270 for rev. legend. Listed in Drost (p. 318, no. 150). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 270.

NOTES

Weight 7.50 g. From Drost (plate 39, no. 150/2).

Other specimens:

- from Berk Buy or Bid Sale 118 (lot 581), January 2001; weight 6.52 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski