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Until my latest purchase, I did not have any coins from the city of Carthage. I figured I would rectify this problem with these two beauties!   Maximianus post-reform radiate AE Struck in Carthage 303 A.D. 1.80g, 20.1mm, 180° rotation Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VOT/X.X/FK in three lines within wreath. RIC VI, 37b (rated scarce) It's cousin:  Diocletian post-reform radiate AE Struck in Carthage 303 A.D. 2.40g, 20.1mm, 345° rotation Obv: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, Radiate and draped, bust right. Rev: VOT/XX/FK in three lines within wreath. RIC VI, 37a Edited by ancientcoinguy
04/04/2012 4:34 pm
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I too only own two coins struck at Carthage. One by Julius Caesar and one by Constantius I. Although worn, your coins are quite nice. It looks like they were in circulation before they were hidden away for all those centuries. I really like the reverse on the Maximinus II, especially the detail in the wreath.
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I read Maximianus not Maximinus. The RIC number and date are correct for Maximianus but Maximinus II did not come on the scene until 305.
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I only have one a Diocletian similar to your second coin. There doesn't appear to be many coins from this mint showing up. Surprising since this mint put out coins from 296-307 and 308-311. Nice coins.
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Yikes! How did I screw that up, dougsmit? Good eye, thanks for catching that for me.  You're right, echizento. Coins from Carthage seem to be hard to come by. Would you and JW be kind enough to share your Carthage issues? |
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Here is mine, it isn't in the best of condition but it's the only one I've found in uncleaned lots.   |
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OK. The first is a Julius Caesar from 47 BC:  The second is an AE Fraction of Constantius I from 303 AD:  |
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The Julius Caesar is a beauity JW.  |
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Thanks. It is one of my favorite coins in my collection, but not one of my cheapest. Not in a long shot!
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Very nice Maximianus, ancientcoinguy! ... and nice Julius Caesar, jwharper |
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Nice group, and I like that Julius Ceasar coin especially. A while back, I bid on an earlier Carthagian coin--it quickly went beyond my limit. Are these Roman Carthagian coins distinguished by type (reverse), or do they have a mint mark?  |
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The mint mark is actually in the wreath, not below it as it is in many other city issues. It is FK. The K is an abbreviation for the Latin name for Carthage, which was Karthago.
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My JC coin was struck by Caesar at an African mint, widely believed to be at Carthage, while he was battling against the remnants of the Pompeian forces, led by Metellus Pius Scipio. The head of Venus advertises the Julian family's lineage, which supposedly stretched back to the love goddess's coupling with the Trojan hero Aeneas. The reverse is a scene straight out of Greco-Roman mythology--Aeneas fleeing the flames of Troy, carrying his aged father Anchises on his shoulder, rescuing the sacred Palladium (an archaic statue of (Minerva), which would find a new home in Rome.
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Posted 04/04/2012 4:00 pm
