RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75819)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75819)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Carus
Person (obv.) Carus (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 282/3
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κάρος Σεβαστός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κάρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Carus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; to left or right, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.84 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Note Many of the coins of this year may have been overstruck: characteristics include large flans, types not fully struck up, cracks in flans, etc. See e.g. Karanis 49162, 49163
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.64089
— —     NY: 1974.26.3972
— —     NY: 1944.100.64090
— —     O: HCR32232 M 4683
— —     Michigan Karanis 48871
— —     Michigan Karanis 48872
— —     Michigan Karanis 48889
— —     Michigan Karanis 48893
— —     Michigan Karanis 48935
— —     Michigan Karanis 48989
— —     Michigan Karanis 48996
— —     Michigan Karanis 49016
— —     ✸ DS 5566 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 394
— —     J. Aiello coll.