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Offline Victor

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Maxentius AETERNITAS AVG N from Ostia
« on: December 07, 2023, 09:46:17 PM »

I just bought this coin because I liked the depiction of the horses

Maxentius (306-312). Æ Nummus (25mm, 6.44g, 12h). Ostia. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R/ AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux facing one another, holding horses to centre and spears to outside, wolf and twins between; MOSTΓ in exergue. RIC 16.
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Offline Lech Stępniewski

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Re: Maxentius AETERNITAS AVG N from Ostia
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2023, 09:26:44 AM »
Very nice example indeed. Should be used as plate coin in fully illustrated RIC.
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