Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: Victor on December 06, 2017, 01:08:22 PM

Title: Maximianus FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN from Carthage
Post by: Victor on December 06, 2017, 01:08:22 PM

Here is a nice looking coin on a large flan with some silvering.

This type references the victory of Maximianus over the Quinquegentiani -- a rebellious tribe in North Africa.

Maximianus
A.D. 297- 298
30x31mm   9.9gm
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right.
FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN; Africa standing left, holding labarum and tusk; at feet, lion with captured bull, in left field H
in ex. PKB
RIC VI Carthage 25b

(https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constantinethegreatcoins.com%2FRulers%2FMaximianus%2FCarthage25b.JPG&hash=57cb769236cbba25fed0c53a8deaf2eb222d6c96)


here is the other coin issued around the same time, commemorating the same event-- SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS AVCTA KART


(https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constantinethegreatcoins.com%2FRulers%2FMaximianus%2FCarthage27b.JPG&hash=f049495344373edbdf44ce6b71c168134955f33a)