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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3990052, member: 57495&quot;]Not that this clears anything up, but the figures in the pediment of the temple of this Maxentius follis are sometimes described as the deities of the tetrarchy.&nbsp; The middle two are clearly Jupiter and Hercules, and the one on the extreme right on clearer examples show a half-length figure wearing the radiate crown of Sol.&nbsp; The left figure I always thought looked more like a river-god than anything else, which wouldn&#039;t really make sense.&nbsp; I suppose it could be a half-length figure of Virtus/Mars, with his arms held in a similar pose as shown on some of the coins above.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050585[/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 PF AVG, laureate head right. R: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within hexastyle temple, holding globe and scepter; shield at base of scepter; in temple pediment, the gods of the tetrarchy, from left to right, Mars (?), Jupiter, Hercules, and Sol; tall standing figures as acroteria; RBP in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger pic of the pediment:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050586[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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