Description
Collection Number:
WC 9069
Object Number:
Dates:
308 - 310
Denomination:
Nummus
AE2
Dimensions:
24.81mm
Weight:
6.47g
Authority:
Maxentius
Mint:
Roma
Rome
Languages:
Latin
Obverse Type: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG; Laureate head of emperor, right
OCRE: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG; Head of Maxentius, laureate, right
Obverse Legend:
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVC
Obverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Obverse Mintmarks: N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment:
H for A
Reverse Type: CONSERV - VRB SVAE; Roma seated facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, right handing globe, left sceptre, sometimes with shield at side; pediment sometimes sculptured, Victories as acroteria; sometimes quadriga over pediment
OCRE: CONSERV - VRB SVAE; Roma, helmeted, draped, seated front, head left, seated front in hexastyle temple, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand, sometimes shield at side; as acroteria, Victory; pediment sometimes sculptured; above pediment, sometimes quadriga
Reverse Legend:
CONSERV - VRB SVAE
Reverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
-/-//RBS
Reverse Inscription Comments:
Blundered letters, H for A, II or \ / for V
Bibliography
RIC VI p. 378 n. 208, Plate 6
cf. Cohen vol. VI p. 35 nn. 49-50