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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1838435, member: 57495&quot;]Sorry, but here&#039;s another Tetrarchy period coin, this one from Carthage.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was the second last type to be struck in that city before the vicarius of Africa, Domitius Alexander rebelled against Maxentius in 308 AD.&nbsp; I was drawn to the reverse design with its distinctive personification of Africa armed with an elephant tusk.&nbsp; The design was used earlier in Carthage by the original tetrarchs, but with different legends.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]305045[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>MAXENTIUS</b> (28 Oct 306 – 28 Oct 312)</p><p>AE Follis, 27.5mm, 10.27g</p><p>Carthage mint, 2nd officina, early 307 AD, RIC 57</p><p>O: IMP MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right. </p><p>R: CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE, SE-F in field, Africa standing left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding standard and elephant tusk, at feet to left a lion with captured bull (squint hard and use your imagination), B in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a feature of this coin, but coins of Maxentius carrying the title of princeps and caesar were only ever struck at Carthage.&nbsp; I believe Carthage was also the only mint operating during the First Tetrarchy period that didn&#039;t issue the Genius types (someone please correct me if I&#039;m wrong).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Z.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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