RIC VI, ROMA 138, MAXENTIUS, [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	MAXENTIVS-PRINCINVICT [MAXENTIVS PRINC INVICT]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLICOMIT-I-AVGGETCAESNN [HERCVLI COMITI AVGG ET CAES NN]; Hercules stg. r., head l., r. leaning on club, l. holding bow and lion's skin. E in left field. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CONFIRMATION]. RIC lists this type with remark "Confirmation required" (footnote 1 on p. 368). Listed in Drost (p. 295, no. 4). Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: T-I-A and I-A, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62).

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.57 g; diameter 18.5 mm. Partinico Hoard no. 94. Ex Leu Numismatik auction 87 (lot 112), May 2003. Coin sold on Nomos auction 19 (lot 354) in November 2019 for CHF 21,000. Shown in Drost (plate 17, no. 4/1). Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 105 (lot 115) in May 2018 for CHF 10,000; weight 4.91 g; rev. legend break I-A; Partinico Hoard no. 95; shown in Drost (plate 17, no. 4/3) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 17, no. 4/2); weight 5.33 g; rev. legend break I-A [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 17, no. 4/4); rev. legend break I-A; Partinico Hoard no. 96 [click for picture].