RIC VI, ROMA 228, MAXENTIUS, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., helmet with decorated band, cuir., l. holding two small spears forward, r. one small reversed spear.
REVERSE	VICTORIAA-ETERNAAVGN [VICTORIA AETERNA AVG N]; Victory stg. r., writing VOT/X on shield on pillar; seated captive to l., turning head. RT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. RIC cites this unique specimen from the ANS Collection but with inaccurate description of the bust ("helm., cuir., each hand holding small spear forward", p. 380). For this error see Drost (supplement in PDF file, footnote 23 on p. 41). Listed in Drost (p. 314, no. 121) with this correction. See also: Drost, V., Estiot, S., "Maxence et le portrait de l’empereur en Mattiobarbulus", Revue Numismatique 2010, p. 435-445. Note, however, that these small spears are probably in fact minores subarmales, often confused with plumbatae.

NOTES

Half-follis. Weight 3.29 g; 20 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.3010). Shown in Drost (plate 36, no. 121/1).