
RIC VI, OSTIA [after 50], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI VICTORI AVG N]
OBVERSE
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IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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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.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC, but cf. ROMA 222, 269 and 270 for rev. legend. 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. 292 and picture no. 33 on p. 295. Coin should be listed after OSTIA 50.
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NOTES
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From Drost's paper cited above (p. 295, no. 33).
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