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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 25252404, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coins [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER]&nbsp; I recently got my first (and only) FELIX ADVENT type from Carthage, but mine is for Maximian - I used your website for my attribution (thank you!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1610616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximianus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Follis (Æ 27)</b></p><p><b>(297-298 A.D.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthage Mint</b></p><p>IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG,</p><p>laureate head right /</p><p>FELIX AD-V-ENT AVGG NN,</p><p>Africa standing facing, holding</p><p>standard and elephant&#039;s tusk,</p><p>lion with captured bull at feet,</p><p>B in left field | PKS in exergue.</p><p>RIC VI Carthage 21b. </p><p>(11.36 grams / 27 x 26 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2023&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Note:</b> &quot;The coinage from Carthage struck during this period references</p><p>the campaign against the Quinquegentiani as the mint was only opened because of the war. When Maximianus arrived in Carthage sometime in 296- 297, he needed to open a mint to have funds to pay for the war. The types struck in Carthage were also specific to the city and not struck anywhere else in the Empire.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.constantinethegreatcoins.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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