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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2379930, member: 57495&quot;]Maxentius&#039;s folles with Roma in a temple, commemorating his resoration of the Temple of Venus and Roma in AD 307, are by far the most common of his coins.&nbsp; In contrast to the ones which show the emperor and a captive together with Roma, those with the seated goddess alone could be said to be a little dull.&nbsp; On my example, thanks to a weak strike, even Roma is largely AWOL, leaving the only feature of interest the temple itself, which in this case has all kinds of fun stuff going on.</p><p><br /></p><p>The majority of Maxentius&#039;s Roma temple coins have either a plain pediment (the triangular area below the temple roof), or one with a wreath.&nbsp; RIC 208 is a variety that has &quot;pediment sometimes sculptured&quot;, with two cited examples described as having the Dioscuri flanked by altars in the pediment.&nbsp; My coin shows pediment figures undescribed in RIC, but the two central figures are clearly Jupiter, holding a scepter and thunderbolt, and Hercules, holding a club.&nbsp; The small figure on the left is not as well detailed, but the pose is recognizably that of a river-god.&nbsp; The one on the right is tougher to get a fix on, but Victor Failmezger&#039;s book covering coins of the tetrarchy apparently has a similar coin, and he describes the right figure as Sol wearing a radiate crown.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the book, but the picture of the plate coin I&#039;ve seen online shows a clearer Sol than mine, holding a globe in his left hand.&nbsp; That coin, however, has different acroteria (the decorative ornamentation at the corners of the roof). RIC 208 has Victories as acroteria, but whatever mine are - two guys with skipping ropes? - they sure don&#039;t bear any resemblance to Victory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pile-on invite - any of your temple coins with interesting pediment figures!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]487743[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXENTIUS</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p>6.27g, 27.4mm</p><p>Rome mint, AD 308-310</p><p>RIC VI Rome 208 var. </p><p>O: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right. </p><p>R: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within hexastyle temple, holding globe and scepter; shield at base of scepter; in temple pediment from left to right, a river-god, Jupiter, Hercules, and Sol; tall standing figures as acroteria; RBP in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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