6-1575

RIC VI, AQUILEIA [after 113], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated l. on shield in tetrastyle temple, r. handing globe to Maxentius (in military dress, stg. r.), l. holding sceptre; seated captive between; Victories as acroteria; wolf and twins in pediment. AQΓ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Coin similar to AQUILEIA 113 except for trace of drapery on l. shoulder; sometimes marked only by single line. Variety not attested in RIC. Not listed in Paolucci & Zub. Listed in Drost (p. 290, no. 36); but only officina S attested. Coin should be listed in RIC after AQUILEIA 113 - but note that AQUILEIA 113-114 and other varieties with the same rev. type in fact belong to Group IV.

See also:
AQUILEIA [after 113], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA P
AQUILEIA [after 113], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 6.30 g. From Peus auction 380 (lot 920), November 2004.

Other specimens:

- sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 100 (lot 605) in March 2021 for EUR 170; weight 6.50 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture];

- from Kölner Münzkabinett E-auction 7 (lot 379), June 2021; weight 5.84 g [click for picture];

- from CGB Monnaies 18 (lot 670), June 2003; weight 5.48 g; diameter 27.5 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski