Maxentius AE Follis Aquileia AD 307
Obverse: IMP MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate bust
right
Reverse: CONSERV-VRB SVAE, Roma seated left
within tetrastyle temple, holding scepter and handing globe to Maxentius
standing right, holding scepter with seated captive between, Victories as
acroteria, she-wolf and twins in pediment, no fieldmarks
Mintmark AQP
RIC VI Aquileia 113 P
**BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF
ROMAN PROPOGANDA**
Struck in Aquileia at the
very beginning of Maxentius’ usurpation before Maximian was brought out of
Imperial retirement; the details of this specimen are fantastic on both obverse
and reverse, with the reverse showing the extensive use of Roman propaganda;
here we have the goddess Roma symbolically giving ‘the world’ to Maxentius
while the scene of Remus and Romulus is above them, flanked by Victory all
within a classical styled temple; while this is not a rare type per-say, it is a MUCH SCARCER variation of the Temple reverse type which commonly features Roma seated in the center without the extra propaganda; this was issued at the very beginning of the reign/usurpation of Maxentius, the son of Maximian whom was left out of the 2nd and 3rd iteration of the Tetrarchy, and thus adds as much symbolism as possible; the people of Rome and Italy initially rallied around Maxentius, as they had felt ignored by Diocletian and were pleased to have a Roman Emperor back in the Eternal City
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