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RIC VI, OSTIA [after 41], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [F]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., r. holding spear over shoulder, l. shield [F].

REVERSE

AETERNITASAVGN [AETERNITAS AVG N]; wolf and twins l. MOSTT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - F. Not attested for this rev. type (p. 404). Listed in Drost (p. 332, no. 42). Should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 41.

NOTES

From: Salvatore Garraffo, "Il grande tesoro monetale di Suk El Kedim (Misurata). Recenti studi e ricerche", [in:] Pagani e Cristiani a Sabratha e a Leptis Magna tra III e VI secolo d.C. Monumenti e reperti, tradizioni e immagini, Palermo 2012, p. 244, no. 21.

Other specimens:

- from Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 121 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith; weight 5.96 g; shown in Drost (plate 50, no. 42/2) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski