RIC VI, ROMA [before 223], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE [VICTORIA AVG N]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VICTORIAAVGN [VICTORIA AVG N]; Victory stg. r., inscribing VOT/QQ/MVL/X in four lines on shield on palm-trunk. RBS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. RIC lists with this m.m. and rev. legend only type with Victory advancing l. [ROMA 223]. But cf. additional remarks on p. 380: "The fraction described by Maurice, i, p. 199, type xii (VICTORIA AVG N- VOT QQ MVL XX, as being of the RBP series needs confirmation, but receives support from the Vienna piece with IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, r. laur., VICTORIA A - - -, Victory stg. r., inscribing VOT/QQ/MVL/X? in four lines on shield on palm-trunk, 3.3. g." Note that the coin in Vienna mentioned by Sutherland is a half-follis and the present coin is a follis. Listed in Drost (p. 313, no. 113). Should be listed before ROMA 223. See also: ROMA [before 223], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

NOTES

Weight 6.99 g; diameter 23 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18235447). Shown in Drost (plate 35, no. 113/1).