RIC VI Carthage 17b, AE1, Bronze, struck at Carthage, 296–296 AD. 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 about 5.3 g, diameter 24.5 mm.
obverse
Head of Maximian, laureate, right
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG
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
FELIX AD-VENT AVGG NN or FELIX ADVE-NT AVGG NN
specimens (1)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
5.31g
⌀24.5
6↕
Cite this coin
RIC VI Carthage 17b (ric.6.carth.17b), 296–296 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vi-carthage-17b/ (accessed: 2026-10-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA