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RIC VI, ROMA [after 261], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir., raising r. hand.

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated facing, head l., in hexastyle temple, r. holding globe, l. sceptre; shield at l. side; knobs as acroteria; wreath in pediment; H in l. field. REP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested For Maxentius' coins minted in Rome. Listed in Drost (p. 317, no. 138; this coin). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 261.

NOTES

Weight 6.18 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 23 (lot 616) in November 2004 for EUR 815.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski