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RIC VI, ROMA 204, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated facing, head l., in hexastyle temple, r. holding globe, l. sceptre, shield at side. Victories (?) as actoteria, pediment contains Dioscuri flanked by river-gods. H in left field. RQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Q. RIC lists for this type only officina S (p. 377). Listed in Drost (p. 309, no. 88). Note, however, that Drost distinguishes four different decorations of pediment.

See also:
ROMA 204, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA P
ROMA 205, MAXENTIUS, [CORRECTION]

NOTES

Weight 6.56 g; diameter 26 mm. Coin sold on eBay in February 2008 for USD 44.86.

Other specimens:

- from Drost (plate 31, no. 88a/1); weight 6.68 g; decoration of pediment: Jupiter and Hercules [click for picture];

- from Drost (plate 31, no. 88d/1); weight 6.10 g; decoration of pediment: Dioscuri flanked by river-gods [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski