RIC VI, OSTIA 4, MAXENTIUS, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; facing, head bare, dr., cuir.
REVERSE	PAXAETER-NAAVGN [PAX AETERNA AVG N]; emperor stg. l., in long robe (imperial mantle?), head bare, with short sceptre at side, extending r. hand, facing helmeted Mars stg r. with l. hand resting on shield and r. hand fastening (?) emperor's paludamentum; behind Mars, Carthago (turreted) and Africa (with elephant head-dress) stg. r. and both offering wreaths. POST in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. Listed in RIC after Cohen and Maurice, "both citing Florence" (this coin!), with bust A (actually B) and partially incorrect description of rev. Also, with remark in footnote 1 on p. 401: "If authentic (and there is confusion about the position of the obv. bust could well have been (B). Legend-breaks are not known". So this correction is also a confirmation. Listed in Drost (p. 328, no. 8) with this corrections.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.02 g; diameter 19 mm. From Firenze XIII (p. 177, no. 58/bis).