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RIC VI, AQUILEIA [after 113], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA S

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated l. on shield in tetrastyle temple, r. handing globe to Maxentius (in military dress, stg. r.), l. holding sceptre; seated captive between; two figures holding torches as acroteria (Dianae Luciferae?); wolf and twins in pediment. AQS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Coin similar to AQUILEIA 113 except for trace of drapery on l. shoulder; sometimes marked only by single line. Variety not attested in RIC. Not listed in Paolucci & Zub. Listed in Drost (p. 290, no. 36); but only officina S attested. Coin should be listed in RIC after AQUILEIA 113 - but note that AQUILEIA 113-114 and other varieties with the same rev. type in fact belong to Group IV.

See also:
AQUILEIA [after 113], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA P
AQUILEIA [after 113], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 6.50 g; diameter 25.5 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_119812), sold for EUR 175. Shown in Drost (plate 9, no. 36/1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski