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ID:     09_18
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Romulus
Date Ruled:     AD Died 309
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Follis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 309-312
Diameter:     22 mm
Weight:     5.87 g
Obverse Legend:     DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS
Obverse Description:     Bare head right
Reverse Legend:     AETERNAE_MEMORAE
Reverse Description:     Domed shrine with doors ajar, surmounted by eagle
Exergue:     MOSTT
Mint Mark:     MOSTT
Mint:     Ostia
Primary Reference:     RIC VI 034 (struck by Maxentius)
Reference2:     SRCV 3786
Reference3:     VM 001
Photograph Credit:     Bruce Antonelli
Notes:     Some small flan flaws. Very Fine with a brown patina. Scarce and desirable in this state of preservation and from a low production mint, soon to be closed by Constantine I. Young Romulus served briefly as Counsel before dying at age 17; all of his coins are posthumously issued by Maxentius. From the Henry Chitwood Collection. Ex CNG with original ticket..