Live auction - brm_851356 - MAXENTIUS Follis ou nummus

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XF/AU

Estimate :	80 €
Price :	40 €
Maximum bid :	40 €
End of the sale :	25 July 2023 15:50:53
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: fin

Date: 309

Mint name / Town : Ostie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 26,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,54 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale, centré. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron-vert

Catalogue references :

RIC.16 - C.10 - RCV.14976 - MAR.140

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Maxence à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Maxence pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : AETE-RNITAS A-VG N/ -|-// MOSTA.

Reverse description : Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux ou les Dioscures), surmontés d'une étoile, nus debout face à face, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant chacun un sceptre long et de la main gauche, la bride de leurs chevaux ; au centre la louve debout à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus.

Reverse translation : "Æternitas Augusti Nostri", (L'Éternité de notre auguste).