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RIC VI Ostia 16

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RIC VI Ostia 16, AE2, Bronze, struck at Ostia, 309–309 AD. Obverse: head of maxentius, laureate, right. Reverse: castor and pollux, wearing caps, nude, chlamys draped over shoulders, standing facing each other, both leaning on sceptre with outer hand and holding bridled horse with inner hand; between, wolf and twins, standing left. Weight about 6.1 g, diameter 25.3 mm.
obverse RIC VI Ostia 16
obverse: Head of Maxentius, laureate, right
reverse RIC VI Ostia 16
reverse: Castor and Pollux, wearing caps, nude, chlamys draped over shoulders, standing facing each other, both leaning on sceptre with outer hand and holding bridled horse with inner hand; between, wolf and twins, standing left
mint Ostia weight 6.12g (7)
ruler Maxentius diameter ⌀25.3 (2)
denomination AE2 axis 10↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Maxentius, laureate, right

IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
reverse

Castor and Pollux, wearing caps, nude, chlamys draped over shoulders, standing facing each other, both leaning on sceptre with outer hand and holding bridled horse with inner hand; between, wolf and twins, standing left

AETE-RNITAS - AVG N or AETE-RNITAS A-VG N or AET-ERNITAS - AVG N or AET-ERNITAS A-VG N
specimens (11)
KENOM 5.87g ⌀26.2 7↕
KENOM 5.35g ⌀24.3 12↕
British Museum 7.22g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 6.08g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 6.49g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 5.79g
British Museum (RIC VI)
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE) 6.03g 12↕

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RIC VI Ostia 16 (ric.6.ost.16), 309–309 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vi-ostia-16/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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