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Follis (?) with head of Maxentius
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 307–310
Mint: Aquileia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 5.61 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury
Accession Number92.165
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Maxentius to right.
IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG
Reverse: Temple with four columns; inside, Roma seated left on a shield, holding a scepter in her left hand and a globe in her right which she offers to Maxentius standing right. He is in military dress, with a scepter in his left hand and resting his left foot on a captive seated right. In the pediment, wolf suckling Romulus and Remus.
CONSERV VRBSVAE in ex.: AQS
IMPCMAXENTIVSPFAVG
Reverse: Temple with four columns; inside, Roma seated left on a shield, holding a scepter in her left hand and a globe in her right which she offers to Maxentius standing right. He is in military dress, with a scepter in his left hand and resting his left foot on a captive seated right. In the pediment, wolf suckling Romulus and Remus.
CONSERV VRBSVAE in ex.: AQS