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RIC VI, AQUILEIA [after 122], 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 facing, head l. in hexastyle temple, r. holding globe, l. sceptre; shield by side; knobs as acroteria; star in pediment. AQP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested in RIC for Maxentius' coinage from Aquileia. Listed in Paolucci & Zub (no. 167). Listed in Drost (p. 288, no. 25). Should be listed in RIC after AQUILEIA 122.

See also:
AQUILEIA [after 114], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
AQUILEIA [after 118A], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

NOTES

Weight 6.19 g. From Drost (plate 7, no. 25/1). Shown in Paolucci & Zub (p. 59, no. 167).

Other specimens:

- from Drost (plate 7, no. 25/3); weight 6.69 g [click for picture];

- from Drost (plate 7, no. 25/2); weight 5.66 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski