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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3166295, member: 57495"]Very nice! You should definitely keep looking and buying. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a Maxentius with a consular bust. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]813945[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXENTIUS</b></p><p>AE Follis. Rare obv legend variant of consular dated issue. 6.44g, 25.3mm. Aquileia mint, circa AD 309. Not in RIC, legend variant of RIC VI Aquileia 125. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate and mantled bust right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. R: CONSERV VRB SVAE, a tetrastyle temple with star in pediment and Victories as acroteria, within which is Roma seated facing, holding globe and sceptre; AQP in exergue. </p><p> </p><p>Another Maxentius. The statue of Roma has been totally flattened, but I like this one for the pediment features. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]813946[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MAXENTIUS</b></p><p>AE Follis. 6.27g, 27.4mm. Rome mint, AD 308-310. RIC VI Rome 208 var. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre; shield at base of sceptre; in temple pediment from left to right, a river-god, Jupiter, Hercules, and Sol; tall standing figures (Aeternitas?) as acroteria; RBP in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>And going provincial, my latest temple coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]813947[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TREBONIANUS GALLUS</b></p><p>Rare. AE29. 19.56g, 29.3mm. PHOENICIA, Tyre, AD 251-253. Rouvier 2462. O: IMP C C [VIBIVS TREBO G]ALLVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: COL TVRO [METR], Hexastyle temple enclosing statue of Fortuna-Astarte standing facing, placing right hand on trophy; to right, Victory standing on column crowning Fortuna-Astarte; at feet to left, small statue of Marsyas; below, altar between murex shell and palm tree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3166295, member: 57495"]Very nice! You should definitely keep looking and buying. :happy: Here's a Maxentius with a consular bust. [ATTACH=full]813945[/ATTACH] [B]MAXENTIUS[/B] AE Follis. Rare obv legend variant of consular dated issue. 6.44g, 25.3mm. Aquileia mint, circa AD 309. Not in RIC, legend variant of RIC VI Aquileia 125. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate and mantled bust right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. R: CONSERV VRB SVAE, a tetrastyle temple with star in pediment and Victories as acroteria, within which is Roma seated facing, holding globe and sceptre; AQP in exergue. Another Maxentius. The statue of Roma has been totally flattened, but I like this one for the pediment features. [ATTACH=full]813946[/ATTACH] [B]MAXENTIUS[/B] AE Follis. 6.27g, 27.4mm. Rome mint, AD 308-310. RIC VI Rome 208 var. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre; shield at base of sceptre; in temple pediment from left to right, a river-god, Jupiter, Hercules, and Sol; tall standing figures (Aeternitas?) as acroteria; RBP in exergue. And going provincial, my latest temple coin. [ATTACH=full]813947[/ATTACH] [B]TREBONIANUS GALLUS[/B] Rare. AE29. 19.56g, 29.3mm. PHOENICIA, Tyre, AD 251-253. Rouvier 2462. O: IMP C C [VIBIVS TREBO G]ALLVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: COL TVRO [METR], Hexastyle temple enclosing statue of Fortuna-Astarte standing facing, placing right hand on trophy; to right, Victory standing on column crowning Fortuna-Astarte; at feet to left, small statue of Marsyas; below, altar between murex shell and palm tree.[/QUOTE]
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