6-2102

RIC VI, OSTIA [after 19], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., heroic (nude), spear pointing forward, shield on l. arm.

REVERSE

AETE-[R]NITASA-VGN [AETERNITAS AVG N]; Castor and Pollux, each with star above cap, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulders, stg. facing each other, each leaning on sceptre with outer arm and holding bridled horse with inner arm, wolf and twins l. between them. MOSTΓ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested in RIC VI for Ostia. Listed in Drost (p. 330, no. 20). Coin should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 19.

NOTES

Weight 6.65 g; diameter 26 mm. From Garaffo-Santangelo, p. 358-359 and no. 6 on p. 354. Also shown in Drost (plate 47, no. 20/1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski