RIC VI, ROMA [after 186], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA S AVGG ET CAES N]

OBVERSE	IMPMAXEN-TIVSPFAVG [IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VICTORIAS-AVGGETCAESN [VICTORIA S AVGG ET CAES N]; Virtus stg. l., helmeted, in short tunic and cloak, r. holding Victoriola on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Rev. legend and rev. type not attested in RIC. Listed in Drost (p. 301, no. 35). Should be listed in RIC after ROMA 186.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.05 g; diameter 19 mm. Partinico Hoard no. 139. Sold on CNG Triton XXV (lot 1002) in January 2022 for USD 16,000. Shown in Drost (plate 20, no. 35/1). Other specimens: - sold on Münzen & Medaillen auction 92 (lot 292) in November 2002 for CHF 13,600; weight 4.86 g; Partinico Hoard no. 140; shown in Drost (plate 20, no. 35/2) [click for picture].