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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2168558, member: 56653&quot;]Hello all,</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of weeks ago, this coin was won at auction with a price of ~ 735$:</p><p><br /></p><p>MAXENTIUS AE 7.57g Follis/Nummus</p><p><br /></p><p>AV: MAXENTIVS PRINC INVICT; laureate head right</p><p>REV: CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE; Africa standing left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk, at feet lion with captured bull; H in left field ER in right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: B</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VI Carthage 53, Sear 14943, minted only in <b>november-december 306AD</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is <b>very rare</b> - Drost (Monnayage de Maxence, p. 283, no. 17) notes 13 specs known of the type, 4 from officina gamma and 9 from B. Another one is recorded on FORVM: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=90385.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=90385.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=90385.0</a></p><p>The title of Princeps Invictus by itself is quite irregular for the late roman period and was used by Maxentius in order to gain favor and recognition from the legitimate tetrarchs.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]418375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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