Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 132 30-31 May 2022
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Maxentius augustus, 307 – 312
Aureus 307, AV 5.44 g. IMP MAXEN – TIVS P F AVG Laureate head r. Rev. MARTI CON – SER – V AVGG ET CAES N Mars advancing r., holding shield in l. hand and transverse spear in r.; in exergue, P R. C –. RIC –. Drot 32/1 (this coin illustrated). Depeyrot 16//10. Calicó –.
Very rare. A wonderful portrait of fine style, several light scratches,
otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Busso Peus sale 271, 1969, 405. From the Collection of a Mentor.
When he raised the standards of revolt against Galerius and Severus II on October 28, 306, Maxentius did not proclaim himself Augustus, but rather styled himself first as Caesar, and soon therefter as Princeps Invictus ('unconquered leader' or 'invincible leader'), which should not be confused with the honorary title Princeps Iuventutis ('leader of the youth') so commonly observed on earlier Roman coins. He retained these intermediary titles until February or April, 307, when the invasion of Italy by Severus II was imminent, at which point he and his father assumed the unlawful titles of Augustus.
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Aureus 307, AV 5.44 g. IMP MAXEN – TIVS P F AVG Laureate head r. Rev. MARTI CON – SER – V AVGG ET CAES N Mars advancing r., holding shield in l. hand and transverse spear in r.; in exergue, P R. C –. RIC –. Drot 32/1 (this coin illustrated). Depeyrot 16//10. Calicó –.
Very rare. A wonderful portrait of fine style, several light scratches,
otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Busso Peus sale 271, 1969, 405. From the Collection of a Mentor.
When he raised the standards of revolt against Galerius and Severus II on October 28, 306, Maxentius did not proclaim himself Augustus, but rather styled himself first as Caesar, and soon therefter as Princeps Invictus ('unconquered leader' or 'invincible leader'), which should not be confused with the honorary title Princeps Iuventutis ('leader of the youth') so commonly observed on earlier Roman coins. He retained these intermediary titles until February or April, 307, when the invasion of Italy by Severus II was imminent, at which point he and his father assumed the unlawful titles of Augustus.
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