RIC VI, OSTIA [after 2], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL PROCES CONS IIII AVG N]
OBVERSE
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MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; facing, head bare, dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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FELPROCESCONS-IIIIAVGN [FEL PROCES CONS IIII AVG N]; Victory flying r. to crown Maxentius in elephant-quadriga l. POST in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC, but cf. ROMA 215 (p. 378). See also: Drost, V., "Le monnayage d’or de Maxence à l’atelier d’Ostie: à propos de l’aureus au type Pax Aeterna Aug N", Revue Numismatique 2008, p. 290, 292 and picture no. 24 on p. 294. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 75, no. 1/9). Listed in Drost (p. 328, no. 10). Should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 2.
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NOTES
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Aureus. Weight 4.93 g. Sold on Bank Leu auction 28 (lot 562) in May 1981 for CHF 80,000; sold on Numismatic Fine Arts auction 30 (lot 302) in December 1992 for USD 72,500.
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