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RIC VI, OSTIA 52, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

SAECVLIFELICITASAVGN [SAECVLI FELICITAS AVG N]; wolf and twins l. MOSTQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Q. RIC lists officinae P and T (p. 405). Listed in Drost (p. 333, no. 49).

See also:
OSTIA 52, MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 5.32 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on Rauch auction 91 (lot 782) in December 2012 for EUR 950; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 215 (lot 500) in October 2013 for EUR 750 (attributed incorrectly as OSTIA 51); sold on CNG auction 99 (lot 724) in May 2015 for USD 800 (attributed incorrectly as OSTIA 51). Now in the private collection of Giulio B.

Other specimens:

- from Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 150 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith; weight 5.92 g [click for picture];

- from Drost (plate 51, no. 49a/33); weight 5.88 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski