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).