RIC VI, OSTIA [after 22] MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOT/X/FEL], OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	MAXENTI-VSPFAVG [MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., in lion's skin.
REVERSE	VOT/X/FEL in three lines in wreath. B in fourth line [also in wreath].
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE RIC lists similar issue [ROMA 241], but with m.m. RP-Q (p. 381). However, in footnote 3 Sutherland mentions that: "The A.N.S. possesses this variety with rev. VOT/X/FEL/B" (p. 381). At present, officinae Α, Β, Γ and Δ are attested. This proves that the issue in question should be attributed to Ostia, because Ostia was the only Maxentian mint which for some time used Greek letters for officina letter [OSTIA 14-22]. Coin should be listed after OSTIA 22. See also: OSTIA [after 22], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOT/X/FEL], OFFICINA Α OSTIA [after 22], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOT/X/FEL], OFFICINA Γ OSTIA [after 22], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOT/X/FEL], OFFICINA Δ ROMA 241, UNLISTED OFFICINA S

NOTES

Half-follis. Weight 2.79 g; diameter 20 mm. Sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction for $138. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction for $425; weight 2.83 [click for picture];