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RIC VI, OSTIA 13, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

   

OBVERSE

MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

TEMPORVMFELICITASAVGN [TEMPORVM FELICITAS AVG N]; wolf and twins to l. MOSTΔ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Δ. RIC lists only officinae A and B (p. 402). Listed in Drost (p. 329, no. 15), officina Δ attested.

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 2.91 g. Sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 64 (lot 1303) in May 2012 for CHF 26,000. Note that this coin was described as from officina A; also Drost reads off. letter as "A" (this specimen shown on plate 46, no. 15/3). But compare specimens undoubtedly from off. A: OSTIA 13 (Wien RÖ 35545, 2.86 g, 20 mm) and another OSTIA 13 (plate 46, no. 15/1; cited in RIC).

Other specimens:

- from Drost (plate 46, no. 15/8); weight 3.20 g; off. letter given after Drost [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski