RIC VI, OSTIA [after 50], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI VICTORI AVG N]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	MARTIVIC-T-O-RIAVGN [MARTI VICTORI AVG N]; Maxentius std. r. on cuirass, r. leaning on long sceptre, receiving globe from Mars stg. l. and holding trophy; prostrate figure between them. MOSTP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC for Ostia, but cf. ROMA 222, 269 and 270 for rev. legend. Listed in Drost (p. 335, no. 58). Should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 50.

NOTES

Weight 5.29 g. From Drost (plate 52, no. 58/1). Other specimens: - from: 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. 292; picture no. 33 on p. 295 [click for picture].