RIC VI, OSTIA [after 61], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., r. holding spear over shoulder, l. shield [D]
REVERSE	VICTORIAAE-TERNAAVGN [VICTORIA AETERNA AVG N]; Victory stg. r., l. foot on base of cippus supporting shield which she inscribes VOT/X in two lines; to l., captive seated l. MOSTT [officina uncertain] in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D. RIC lists for this issue only bust types B and C (p. 406). Bust D is attested only for one specimen from the next issue [OSTIA 64]. Note that difference between types C and D is not clear as you can see on plate 7. no. 64 where laurel leaves on helmet are hardly visible. Here we have also rather pearls than laurel leaves.

NOTES

Half-follis. Weight 3.5 g; diameter 22.44 mm. Ex Victor Failmezger (no. 172 in RBC). From ANCIENT IMPORTS.