My First ROMAN CARTHAGE

One of my Daughters and her Family went out on a limb and got me an Ancient Coin for Xmas. She had no clue what to get me, she just surprised me.

Well, they did very well! I collect Carthage EMPIRE coins, but I have never acquired a ROMAN Empire CARTHAGE mint coin... I am very excited about this, so I will probly slot it in with my Carthage Empire coins.




Roman Imperial
Galerius
299-303 CE
AE Follis 28mm 9.9g
CARTHAGE mint
O: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES (Large Head type)
R: Cartago holding fruit SALVIS AGG ET CAESS FEL KART
RIC VI 32b Sear 14411


I do need some help on the device in exergue... I am NOT sure what Letter it is... Delta, Eta, or to me... it looks like Iota-Sigma.




Thanks for any help.


Oh, and to keep it legit, here is a real Carthage Empire Coin


Carthage Zeugitania
First Punic War 264-241 BCE
Double Shekel
26 mm 13.9 g
Wreathed Tanit
Horse stndng r star above
SNG Cop 185 Rare

As always, please feel free to post anything cool!

I don't get picky, we are here to have FUN!

 

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Your daughter did a great job!
I picked up one of these this year as well but with Constantius Chlorus!

(it looks better in hand)
Constantius I
298-299 AD
Follis
Carthage
Obverse: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right (large head type)
Reverse: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART, Carthago standing facing, head left, in long robe, holding fruits in both hands. Mintmark Γ

 

...what a great gift! :...i have the same coin(..well, AVG. but close enough) too in my tetarchy

 

Alegandron, I think your coin is Galerius, not Maximian Herculius . Attached below is one from my collection .

 

Wonderful gift!


Constantius I (293 - 305 A.D.)
Æ Follis
O.: CONSTANTIVS NOB CES; Laureate head right.
R.: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthago standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands // Γ
Carthage mint, 298-299 A.D.
8.4g
31mm
RIC VI 30a, p. 427

 

You mean @Alegandron right? Mine is most definitely Constantius Chlorus.

 

I do not know for myself, Al. I really do not collect Moderns (CE / AD), rather most of my coins are BCE.

Here is the TAG that came with it. I did a quick ACSearch and VCoins search to get the attribution, and it looked ok for Maximianus. I have never purchased coins from Littleton.

Any of your expertise would be great!

 

Awhile ago @Heliodromus replied to a question of mine on the officina assignments for these coins of Carthage. His replies were very interesting to me and well worth a read.

 

I have a page on these Carthage issues--

http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Carthage/

 

F.F., Thanks for the correction . I started my New Years celebration early downing a half bottle of Merlot already . I'll correct the error .

 

Alegandron, I spotted the NOB CAES at the end of the obverse inscription, & Maximian never had that title . I've made that mistake in the past too .

 

Excellent! I wondered. He was always top dog. Thank you for your kind help.

 

Having a better New Year's Eve than me. Keep it up

 

Thank you Victor. I am going to read through it tomorrow.

 

Here is the ACSearch listing that had led me in the wrong direction. It is RIC 27b, with obv. legend of MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES exactly like my coin. There is no GAL in front of the legend. The SAVOCA auction listed it as Maximianus Herculius.

And, yes, I did feel at the time I was searching that the "NOB CAES" was odd for Maximianus.

Admittedly, I do not focus my collection and interest in the Roman Empire period. Rather, my passion is the Roman Republic and those entities that interacted with them at that time. So, again, everyone's kind help aided me in learning a little more of the Empire coins.



Thank you @Al Kowsky , @Victor_Clark , @Orange Julius , and @Heliodromus for helping my identification! You were all very helpful. I even learned the subtle difference between Large and Small Head. Mine looks to be a FATHEAD.

Roman Imperial
Galerius
299-303 CE
AE Follis 28mm 9.9g
CARTHAGE mint
O: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES (Large Head type)
R: Cartago holding fruit SALVIS AGG ET CAESS FEL KART
RIC VI 32b Sear 14411

 

Thank you. Nice one!

GREAT GROUP, Dude! Unfortunately, since mine was misattributed, LOL, yours and mine are not the same. CONCLUSION: I LIED!

Thanks, Mat. Great looking Follis of Constantius.

 

Nice coin @Alegandron - as for me, I have no Carthage coins, either B.C.E. or C.E. Need to remedy that.

 

I got absorbed when I read the struggles between Rome and Carthage during the 3 Punic Wars. This interest started back in H.S. for me. Very interesting History... It reinforced my interest in the Roman Republic, and fascinated me if this "Other Empire" would had won... Sadly, in the end, Rome exterminated Carthage in the 3rd Punic War, killing approx 350,000 people, and selling the remaining 50,000 into slavery. Nasty.

 

That's really tough. I did translate Livy in 3rd year Latin in high school. I went to a Catholic school where of course, they had Latin in the curriculum.