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RIC VI Rome 208

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RIC VI Rome 208, AE2, Bronze, struck at Rome, 308–310 AD. Obverse: head of maxentius, laureate, right. Reverse: roma, helmeted, draped, seated front, head left, seated front in hexastyle temple, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand, sometimes shield at side; as acroteria, victory; pediment sometimes sculptured; above pediment, sometimes quadriga. Weight about 5.8 g, diameter 24.0 mm.
obverse RIC VI Rome 208
obverse: Head of Maxentius, laureate, right
reverse RIC VI Rome 208
reverse: Roma, helmeted, draped, seated front, head left, seated front in hexastyle temple, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand, sometimes shield at side; as acroteria, Victory; pediment sometimes sculptured; above pediment, sometimes quadriga
mint Rome weight 5.83g (5)
ruler Maxentius diameter ⌀24.0 (1)
denomination AE2 axis ↕ (0)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
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obverse

Head of Maxentius, laureate, right

IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
reverse

Roma, helmeted, draped, seated front, head left, seated front in hexastyle temple, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand, sometimes shield at side; as acroteria, Victory; pediment sometimes sculptured; above pediment, sometimes quadriga

CONSERV - VRB SVAE
specimens (8)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5.65g ⌀24.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme 5.91g
British Museum 5.80g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 5.95g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 5.86g
British Museum (RIC VI)

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RIC VI Rome 208 (ric.6.rom.208), 308–310 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vi-rome-208/ (accessed: 2026-08-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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