New Maxentius

Very nice @Cucumbor - the Dioscouri piece is amazing.

 

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Something slightly different:-

Obv:–IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS, Laureate bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand, wearing imperial mantle
Rev:– CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, in tetrastyle temple (four columns), holding globe and sceptre
Minted in Ticinum (//TT). 4/20/308 - end of 308 AD.
Reference(s) – RIC VI Ticinum 103



Maxentius as Caesar
Obv:- M AVR MAXENTIVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right
Rev:- SALVIS AVGG ET CAES FEL KART, Carthage standing facing, head left, holding up fruits in both hands
Struck in Carthage late 306 A.D. H in left field, Greek_Delta in exe.
References:- RIC VI Carthage 51a.

 

My very first post on CoinTalk almost three years ago was this Maxentius coin.



Rev: VICTORIA AVG N; Emperor seated on trophy receiving globe from Victory

 

Those are all really nice coins. I’ve found Maxentius coins to be some of my favorites in the late empire and all the coins posted here have only reinforced that thought.

I only have two but they suit me well.

 

Great coins @maridvnvm - I particularly like the first one with the left facing portrait with the emperor wearing all of that regalia.

 

As Caesar. Now that is not something you see every day... very cool.

Fantastic thread!

 

I just received the coin in the mail and snapped a couple of photos. The coin is 26mm and 6.8 grams...

 

Now I need to find one of those Dioscouri pieces and a Divus Romulus coin!

 

Really nice coins in the thread. I had two Maxentius folles from the Ticinum mint, and now I bought one from the mint of Aquileia, where the die cutters were made, it seems to me, the more beautiful temples.

Maxentius. AD 307-312. AE follis (6.60 g). Ticinum. Obv. IMP MAXENTIVS PF AVG, Laureate head right. Rev. CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing on throne, head left, holding globe and scepter; all within hexastyle temple decorated with knobs as acroteria and empty pediment. TT in exergue. RIC 100.

Maxentius. AD 307-312. AE follis (6.10 g). Ticinum. Obv. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. Rev. CONSERV VRB SVAE, tetrastyle temple with Victory standing right within, holding wreath and palm branch, facing Roma seated left, holding globe and scepter, shield at her side; bound captive sitting right between them; PT in exergue. RIC 106.

Maxentius. AD 307-312. AE follis (6.20 g). Aquileia. Obv, IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Laureate head right. Rev. CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma, holding spear, seated left on shield, presenting globe to Maxentius standing right, holding spear; all within tetrastyle temple with Victories as acroteria and she-wolf and twins in pediment. AQΓ in exergue. RIC 113.

 

Three great coins with good detail and patina, very nice indeed gogili1977.

 

Picked up a Maxentius Dioscuri type at the last coin show.

MAXENTIUS 306-312
AE Follis 25mm 7.03g
Ostia Mint 309-312
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right/
AETERNITAS AVG N, Dioscuri standing facing each other with two horses
MOSTQ

 

I have more, but this is one of the nicest.

Frans

 

@maridvnvm, I'm sure you know how very rare and important this issue from Carthage is. The only Follis with Maxentius as Caesar. I no longer collect these but in the years that I did, I never saw one come up for sale.

 

Here is a different type to add to the group. This follis was struck c. AD 309-312, & depicts FIDES MILITVM AVG N on the reverse. Ostia Mint: 3rd Officina, 7.08 gm, 25 mm, 12h. RIC VI, 45. Maxentius seems to have those boyish bangs on most of his portraits .

 

Maxentius has numerous rare types. Here is one:


Maxentius. 25-24 mm. 6.97 grams.
Struck mid to late 309.
VICTORIA AETERNA AVG N
MOSTP in exergue, mint of Ostia.
Victory seated right on cuirass [look at its detail!], shield behind, helmet below, Victory holding shield with VOT/X.
It is not in RIC, but this coin is in the new Drost book on coins of Maxentius. Unique with officina P and one other known with officina S.

 

@Valentinian - Unbelievable fine reverse style for coins of this era.

 

Wow, that's a beauty! Victory has so much detail on her.

 

Maxentius & Victory. Already posted in another thread but I can't remember nor can I find in which one

AE Follis; Rome, 310 - 311 AD, mint mark RBP, Officina mark P
22 x 24 mm, 5.66 g
Ref.: RIC VI, Rom 273 var. (only RBS is in RIC);

Obv.: laureate head of Maxentius right, IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG around
Rev.: VICTORIA AVG N Victory advancing l. holding wreath in right hand and palm in left; at her feet, captive; in exergue RBP (Roma Beata, Prima officina)

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This thread influenced me to break out of my mold of coins of the early Roman Republic, and purchase a coin of Maxentius. Before narrowing my focus to RR silver, I was quite interested in the coins of the tetrarchy, but sold all of them to support my new discipline. There was one coin on top of my want list for years that I never saw for sale, and that is RIC IV 51a (Carthage), the only follis of Maxentius as Caesar. This thread made me do a little searching and I found this coin, made an offer and it is now mine. A little late I guess. I suppose this means I've now expanded my collecting focus.

 

I have had my Romulus for 25 years now and understand it no better than when I bought it. A recess has been carved all around the portrait except for a small 'hinge' at the back of the head where the metal is raised a bit above the field. Why? I have no idea what someone was trying to accomplish. As it is, the reverse is nice.