6-2877

RIC VI, CARTHAGO [after 45], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI CONSERV AVGG ET CAES N]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMVALMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C M VAL MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., rad.

REVERSE

HERCVLICONSER-VAVGGETCAESN [HERCVLI CONSERV AVGG ET CAES N]; Hercules stg. l., naked, lion's skin on l. arm, r. hand resting on club, in l. holding apple. PK in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Probably minted in autumn of 307. Note also rare titulature in obverse legend known only from few multiples minted at the same time in Rome (cf. ROME 167, 173 and 173).

Not listed in Depeyrot. Listed in Partinico Hoard (p. 176, no. 173). Listed in Drost (p. 281, no. 8). Should be listed in RIC after CARTHAGO 45.

NOTES

AV multiple of 2 aurei. Weight 10.60 g. From Drost (plate 1, no. 8/1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski