RIC VI, ROMA [after 189], MAXENTIUS, Æ TRIAL PIECE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B]

OBVERSE	MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; facing, dr., head bare [B].
REVERSE	MARTIP-ROPAGIMPAVGN [MARTI PROPAG IMP AVG N]; Mars stg. r., l. holding spear, extending r. to stg. woman (Felicitas?, Rhea Silvia?); between them, wolf and twins r.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B. Not attested in RIC. Specimen similar to argenteus ROMA 189 (BM 1844,1015.169, 3.30 g) except for bust type B instead of A. Listed in Drost (p. 305, no. 69; reading of legends uncertain). According to Drost, this type is probably a trial piece: argenteus minted in bronze. Could be noted in RIC after ROMA 189.

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Weight 5.42 g. From Drost (plate 27, no. 69/1).