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Aureus - Maxentius FELIX KARTHAGO, Carthage
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 306-307 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maxentius seized power in Rome in October 306 without Senate or imperial sanction, which forced him to build legitimacy through a network of regional loyalties. Carthage was one of his earliest and most critical allies — the African diocese supplied Rome with the grain that kept the city fed and the populace manageable. This issue, struck at the Carthage mint under his authority, belongs to the very opening months of his reign, before the full western civil war forced consolidation of mint output back toward Italy.
The Beaurains hoard, discovered in northern France in 1922, preserved several aureii of this type and remains one of the principal sources for studying Maxentian gold.