RIC VI, CARTHAGO [before 56], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK

OBVERSE	IMPMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	CONSERVATO-R-AFRICAESVAE [CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE]; Africa stg. facing, head l., with long drapery with elephnat-skin head-dress, r. holding standard, l. tusk; at feet to l., lion with captured bull. S in l. field, F in r. field. B in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED MINTMARK. Coin similar to CARTHAGO 57 except for different mintmark: S in l. field instead of SE. Listed in Drost (p. 283, no. 23). Should be listed in RIC as a part of separate issue before CARTHAGO 56. See also: CARTHAGO [before 56], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK [M A MAXIMIANVS SN AVG] CARTHAGO [before 56], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK [IMP MAXIMIANVS SEN AVG] CARTHAGO [before 56], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED MINTMARK

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Weight 10.40 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on eBay in March 2019 for EUR 407.04. Other specimens: - from Drost (plate 3, no. 23/3); weight 9.05 g [click for picture].