RIC VI, ROMA 277, MAXENTIUS, [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	MARTICONSERVATORIAVGN [MARTI CONSERVATORI AVG N]; Mars, with cloak flying, advancing r., r. holding transverse spear, l. shield.
NOT IN RIC	[CONFIRMATION]. In footnote 1 on p. 384 Sutherland writes: "If absence of of mint-mark is not the result of deliberate alteration this coin might belong to late Maxentian period". Listed in Drost (p. 325, no. 198).

NOTES

Weight 4.93 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 22 (lot 695) in May 2016 for GBP 430. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1976,0514.5); weight 5.67 g; shown Drost (plate 44, no. 198/1) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 44, no. 198/5); weight 4.07 g [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 44, no. 198/2); weight 5.27 g [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 44, no. 198/3); weight 4.88 g [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 44, no. 198/4); weight 4.69 g [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 44, no. 198/6); weight 3.80 g [click for picture].