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 Posted 06/16/2019  05:31 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Haddock to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello All,

I wonder if someone could help me identify a coin found many years ago in North Yorkshire.

Any help/pointers greatly appreciated.

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Regards, Chris

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Roman, but due to the degraded surfaces I'm having a hard time seeing the legends clearly enough to pin it down precisely.

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Looks to be Maximianus (286 to 305AD).
Reverse is in my abbreviated book - I think the figure is Felicitas and the legend reads something like: "SALUIS AUGG ET CHESS FEL RART" but my book gives no translation of this! Value in VF is given as £22 but in this condition probably only a few pounds.
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I read IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG - this is indeed Maximian. Here's the reference listing for the type:

Maximianus AE Follis of Carthage. AD 299-303. IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART, Carthage standing front, looking left with fruits in both hands. Mintmark B. Cohen 510; RIC VI Carthage 31b; Sear 13306.

The reverse means, roughly, 'The emperors' safety makes Carthage happy'. This type was minted in Carthage in North Africa and made it all the way to North Yorkshire - quite a journey.
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Hi,

Many thanks to all for the information, really appreciated and amazing you guys can decipher the detail from the photo. I had no idea it would be quite so old.

Great forum you have here.

Regards, Chris
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I agree, though it is difficult to distinguish between RIC 27b which has a smaller portrait and 31b which has a larger portrait.
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