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RIC VI Rome 258

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RIC VI Rome 258, AE2, Bronze, struck at Rome, 310–311 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; at left, shield; as acroteria, knobs; in pediment, wreath; to left, h or p. Weight about 6.6 g, diameter 25.0 mm.
obverse RIC VI Rome 258
reverse RIC VI Rome 258
mint Rome weight 6.62g (9)
ruler Maxentius diameter ⌀25.0 (1)
denomination AE2 axis 6↕ (1)
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; at left, shield; as acroteria, knobs; in pediment, wreath; to left, H or P

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specimens (16)
KENOM 6.12g 6↕
British Museum 6.38g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 7.23g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 7.17g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 6.85g
British Museum (RIC VI)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 6.37g ⌀25.0
British Museum 6.45g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 6.60g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 6.40g
British Museum (RIC VI)

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RIC VI Rome 258 (ric.6.rom.258), 310–311 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vi-rome-258/ (accessed: 2026-08-23). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA