RIC VI Carthage 11b

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 296–AD 298

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Carthage (ancient mint)

Uncertain value in silver struck at Carthage under Maximian, AD 296–AD 298, catalogued as RIC VI Carthage 11b. Obverse: Head of Maximian, 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
Silver
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Uncertain value

Technical characteristics

Mint
Carthage
Issuing authority
Maximian

Design

Obverse type
Head of Maximian, 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
MAXIMIANVS AVG
Reverse legend
FEL ADV-ENT AVGG NN

Identification

Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.carth.11b
Catalogue reference
RIC VI Carthage 11b
Type corpus identifier
ric.6.carth.11b

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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