Late Roman Bronze Coins
Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: Victor on August 25, 2019, 02:37:31 PM
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here's a nice example of this type
Constantius I
A.D. 297- 298
27x29mm 9.2g
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.
FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN; Africa standing in long drapery with elephant-skin head-dress, right holding standard, left tusk, lion with captured bull at feet, H in right field.
In ex PKΓ
RIC VI Carthage 26a
This coin celebrates the defeat of the Quinquegentiani (People of the Five Tribes), who were a confederation of Berbers in North Africa. They were under Roman rule, but rebelled in A.D. 289 and were successful for a few years until Maximianus Herculius launched a series of devastating attacks starting in A.D. 297 and finishing in A.D. 298, after which, the Quinquegentiani were never heard of again.