RIC VI Carthage 1

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 296–AD 305

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Carthage (ancient mint)

Aureus in gold struck at Carthage under Maximian, AD 296–AD 305, catalogued as RIC VI Carthage 1. Obverse: Head of Diocletian, laureate, right. Reverse: Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, draped, standing front, head left, holding standard in right hand and tusk in left hand; to left, lion with captured bull. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.

Physical characteristics

Material: Gold
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Aureus

Technical characteristics

Mint: Carthage
Issuing authority: Maximian

Design

Obverse type: Head of Diocletian, laureate, right
Reverse type: Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, draped, standing front, head left, holding standard in right hand and tusk in left hand; to left, lion with captured bull
Obverse legend: DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
Reverse legend: FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN

Identification

Type corpus record: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.carth.1
Catalogue reference: RIC VI Carthage 1
Type corpus identifier: ric.6.carth.1

Catalogue references

Research required

Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
Diameter and die axis not transcribed
Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
No rights-cleared photograph identified yet

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