IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG

Buste lauré de Maxence à droite.

SOLI INVI - CTO COMITI

Sol, drapé et debout à gauche, tendant la main droite et tenant un globe avec la main gauche.

Photo of a mold obverse / reverse (metal?) sold by Classical Numismatic Group, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=389004.

Classical Numismatic Group notes the LVG mark which is actually PLG and F / T in the field, which I think is rather T / F since we see a second bar on the right which gives the letter F and not T. Mint of Lugdunum for the reverse. The end of the obverse legend should probably be that noted. The obverse legend without the C, (IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG is the most common), is rarer and is found for AEs, mainly in certain mints (Carthago, Ostia, Roma, Ticinium, Trier). We can already remove Ostia and Trier from the list because the associated busts does not match. For Roma, only one coin capable of displaying this bust with this legend is described. Which makes it a rarity. We can therefore largely think that the obverse used comes from Carthago or Ticinium. The style of the bust corresponding to these mints.

According to what I have just developed, I think this mold is really interesting, given the fact that it combines two coins coming for one from Lugdunum and for the other from a probably oriental mint. This already shows the extent of the circulation of coins at this time. All the other molds I have seen, however, always combine nearby mints.