RIC VI Carthage 64

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 308–AD 311

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Carthage (ancient mint)

AE2 in bronze struck at Carthage under Domitius Alexander, AD 308–AD 311, catalogued as RIC VI Carthage 64. Obverse: Head of Domitius Alexander, 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
Bronze
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
AE2

Technical characteristics

Mint
Carthage
Issuing authority
Domitius Alexander

Design

Obverse type
Head of Domitius Alexander, 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
IMP C ALEXANDER P F AVG
Reverse legend
AFRI-C-A AVG N

Identification

Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.carth.64
Catalogue reference
RIC VI Carthage 64
Type corpus identifier
ric.6.carth.64

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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