RIC VI, AQUILEIA 114, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ
OBVERSE
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IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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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. AQΓ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists officinae P and S (p. 325). Listed in Drost (p. 290, no. 37); all three officnae attested. Note also that AQUILEIA 113-114 and other varieties with the same rev. type in fact belong to Group IV.
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NOTES
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Weight 5.50 g. From: Andrea Stella, Aquileia tardoantica: moneta, storia ed economia, Edizioni Università di Trieste 2019, p. 219, no. 9 and p. 351, no. 1/21/9.
Other specimens:
- from Drost (plate 9, no. 37a/9); weight 5.49 g [click for picture];
- sold on Sternberg auction 23 (lot 787) in October 2000 for CHF 240; weight 6.21 g [click for picture].
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