6-1753

RIC VI, OSTIA [after 59], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SECVLO FELICI AVG N], HEAD RADIATE

  

OBVERSE

MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head l., rad.

REVERSE

SECVLOFELICIAVGN [SECVLO FELICI AVG N]; two Victories stg. facing each other, attaching shield to palm tree. On shield inscription VOT/XX/FEL in three lines. MOSTQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC and in Drost but cf. Cohen (vol. VII, p. 177, no. 104; gives VOT/XX/MVL for inscription on shield, probably a slip). See also: Vincent Drost, Ronald Bude, "Maxence et l’Aeternitas: à propos de deux rarissimes bronzes radiés", BSFN 2018, no. 7, p. 311-316. Coin should be listed after OSTIA 59.

See also:
OSTIA [after 59], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SECVLO FELICI AVG N], HEAD IN LION'S SKIN

NOTES

Half-follis. Weight 2.97 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on Thesaurus "Indian" auction (lot 763) in November 2017 for EUR 3,000. Now in Ronald Bude's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski