ROMAN COINS
ROMAN EMPIRE
MAXENTIUS Caesar, 306. Aureus, Carthago , 306. AV 5.43 g. MAXENT - IVS NOB C Laureate head r. Rev. FELIX KA - RTHAGO / PK Carthago, wearing long dress, standing facing, head turned l., holding fruits in both her hands. RIC VI,430,47 ( this specimen mentioned). C. 66. Arras 3 ( this specimen ), V. Drost, Le monnayage de Maxence (306-312 ap. J.-C.) (2013),281,4 (for type) and 359 / pl. I,4/3 ( this specimen ).
Extremely rare and of great interest . Extremely fine Provenance: Beaurains (Arras) Hoard and auctions R. Ratto, Lugano June 7, 1926, 2394; Adolph Hess AG, Luzern Dec. 18, 1933, 1018 and Naville & Cie., Geneva - Ars Classica S.A. (Dr. J. Hirsch), Geneva XVII (Luzern 1934), 1871.