Lot 101: CONSTANTIUS I, as Caesar. 293-305 AD. Æ Follis. Carthage mint. Struck 299-303 AD. Unpublished reverse legend.

CONSTANTIUS I, as Caesar. 293-305 AD. Æ Follis (25mm - 8.71 g). Carthage mint. Struck 299-303 AD. CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FELIX KARTHAGO, Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands; G. RIC VI -; Failmezger -; Hunter -. F, brown patina with some red deposits. Unrecorded reverse legend, for any of the tetrarchs.UPDATE: A note from Gert Boersema provides the following information: Leeds, " A Hoard of Roman Folles From Diocletian's Reform (AD 296) to Constantine Caesar, Found ar Fyfield, Berks," pl. II, 16 (same reverse die) and Kos, "Carthage Aes Nummi of the First Tetrarchy", in Studia Numismatica Labacensia, pg. 101, pl. 1 1 and 2 (same reverse die).

• Offered By: VAuctions
• Lot #: 101
• Listing #: 221427
• Closed: Thursday, July 9, 2009 8:20:00 PM CT
• Estimate: $200