RIC VI, OSTIA 52, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SAECVLIFELICITASAVGN [SAECVLI FELICITAS AVG N]; wolf and twins l. MOSTQ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Q. RIC lists officinae P and T (p. 405). Listed in Drost (p. 333, no. 49). See also: OSTIA 52, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 5.32 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on Rauch auction 91 (lot 782) in December 2012 for EUR 950; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 215 (lot 500) in October 2013 for EUR 750 (attributed incorrectly as OSTIA 51); sold on CNG auction 99 (lot 724) in May 2015 for USD 800 (attributed incorrectly as OSTIA 51). Now in the private collection of Giulio B. Other specimens: - sold on CGB Monnaies 38 (lot 1161) in April 2009 for EUR 320; weight 5.97 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 150 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith; weight 5.91 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 51, no. 49a/33); weight 5.88 g [click for picture].