RIC VI, AQUILEIA [after 114], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir., raising r. hand.
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; Victories as acroteria; wolf and twins in pediment. AQP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for Maxentius' coinage from Aquileia. Listed in Paolucci & Zub (no. 176). Listed in Drost (p. 290, no. 38). Coin should be listed after AQUILEIA 114 - but note that AQUILEIA 113-114 and other varieties with the same rev. type in fact belong to Group IV. See also: AQUILEIA [after 118A], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AQUILEIA [after 122], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

NOTES

Weight 6.72 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1980,1126.5). Other specimens: - from Drost (plate 9, no. 38a/1); weight 6.47 g; shown in Paolucci & Zub (p. 61, no. 176) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 9, no. 38a/3) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 9, no. 38a/4); weight 7.00 g; cites Sternberg auction XV, lot 687, but auction catalogue gives weight as 7.95 g [click for picture]; - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 34 (lot 3193) in July 2025 for CHF 1,600; weight 6.00 g; diameter 25 mm; two figures holding torches as acroteria (Dianae Luciferae?) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 9, no. 38b/1); two figures holding torches as acroteria (Dianae Luciferae?) [click for picture].