6-1565

RIC VI, OSTIA 20, MAXENTIUS, [CONFIRMATION]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

REVERSE

AETERNITASAVGN [AETERNITAS AVG N]; wolf and twins r. MOSTΔ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CONFIRMATION]. Sutherland cites an unique specimen from Hess auction in 1932 (lot 2632), however, in footnote 2 on p. 403 mentions: "Just possibly this coin was marked A, but Δ is more likely". The specimen from plate 28 in Hess catalogue shows undoubtedly officina Δ. Listed in Drost (p. 331, no. 27).

NOTES

Römische Münzen. Sammlungen F. A. Walters und Percy H. Webb, Adolf Hess, Katalog 211, Luzern 1932. Also shown in Drost (plate 48, no. 27/2).

Other specimens:

- from Drost (plate 48, no. 27/1); weight 5.68 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski