RIC VI, CARTHAGO [after 45], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	IMPCMVALMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C M VAL MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., bare.
REVERSE	MARTICONSER-VAVGGETCAESN [MARTI CONSERV AVGG ET CAES N]; Mars advancing r., r. holding transverse spear, l. shield. PK in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists similar coin for Maximian Herculius (CARTHAGO 45; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, no. 59.495, 20.11 g, 33 mm; rev. from the same die). General note from p. 418: "The striking and unique 4-aureus multiple for Herculius with Marti Conserv Augg et Caes N, styles him Imp... Sen Aug, and therefore falls late". 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. 172). Listed in Drost (p. 281, no. 7). Should be listed in RIC after CARTHAGO 45.

NOTES

AV multiple of 4 aurei. Weight 20.90 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 24 (lot 262) in December 2002 for CHF 75,000; sold on Hess Divo auction 334 (lot 135) in May 2018 for CHF 160,000; sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 12 (lot 148) in November 2019 for CHF 420,000. Also shown in Drost (plate 1, no. 7/1).