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RIC VI, ROMA [after 261], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir., raising r. hand.

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated facing, head l., in hexastyle temple, r. holding globe, l. sceptre; shield at l. side; knobs as acroteria; wreath in pediment; H in l. field. REP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested in RIC for Maxentius' coins minted in Rome. Listed in Drost (p. 317, no. 138). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 261.

NOTES

Weight 6.18 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 23 (lot 616) in November 2004 for EUR 815. Also shown in Drost (plate 38, no. 138/1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski