TYPE Roman Empire, Maxentius (306-312 AD), copper-billon follis, struck 307-11 AD, Rome mint DESCRIPTION . Obv: Laureate head of Maxentius to right; legend: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG Rev: Roma seated facing, looking left, in hexastyle (six-column) Roman temple, legend: CONSERV VRBS SVAE, mintmark (RBT?) in exergue REFERENCE: SR 3779 GRADING: VF, dark brown patina w/ light touches of blue-green ORDER INFO: R2423, $48 Maxentius, the losing foe of Constantine the Great at the fateful battle following the latter's Christian revelation, survived for years as a pretender to the throne in the aftermath of the crumbling tetrarchy. He appealed to the resentment of many people in Rome itself, which saw its importance (irreversibly, however) drop during the Tetrarchy. Hence we have this, uniquely his, reverse message meaning "protector of urban customs", appropriately aided by the image of Roma in a temple.