RIC VI, AQUILEIA [after 114], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

OBVERSE	IMPMAXENTIVSPFAVGCOSII [IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG COS II]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding eagle-tipped sceptre.
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; two figures holding torches as acroteria (Dianae Luciferae?); wolf and twins in pediment. AQS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested in RIC for this issue. Note rev. variety: figures with torches as acroteria instead of Victories; see AQUILEIA 114, MAXENTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY). Listed in Paolucci & Zub (no. 177). Listed in Drost (p. 290, no. 39). Coin should be listed in RIC after AQUILEIA 114 - but note that AQUILEIA 113-114 and other varieties with the same rev. type in fact belong to Group IV.

NOTES

Weight 5.88 g. From Paolucci & Zub (p. 61, no. 177) [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].