RIC VI, ROMA [after 167], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [A]

OBVERSE	IMPCMVALMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C M VAL MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., bare [A].
REVERSE	FELIXPROCESS-CONSVLATAVGN [FELIX PROCESS CONSVLAT AVG N]; Maxentius stg. facing, togate, head l., r. holding globe, l. baton. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - A. RIC lists for medallion of 4 aurei with this rev. type bust D: head r., in lion's skin (p. 372). See ROMA 167 (NAC 34, lot 83, 21.53 g, 34 mm). Not listed in Depeyrot in "Les médaillons" section. Listed in Drost (p. 301, no. 38). Should be listed in RIC after ROMA 167.

NOTES

AV medallion of 4 aurei. Weight 21.10 g; diameter 33.5 mm. Partinico Hoard no. 145. From Sotheby's "The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection" (lot 101), December 1990. Shown in Drost (plate 21, no. 38/1).