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X, — (unassigned; ID 75819)
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Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/75819
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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 Ϲ
Ε
Β
Edition
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
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
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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NY: 1944.100.64089
19
8.95
12
r.
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NY: 1974.26.3972
19
7.57
12
r.
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NY: 1944.100.64090
18
7.11
12
r.
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O: HCR32232
M 4683
18
8.32
11
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Michigan
Karanis 48871
6.00
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Michigan
Karanis 48872
7.66
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Michigan
Karanis 48889
7.43
12
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Michigan
Karanis 48893
7.52
12
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Michigan
Karanis 48935
6.87
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Michigan
Karanis 48989
9.40
12
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Michigan
Karanis 48996
illegible
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Michigan
Karanis 49016
9.57
12
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DS 5566 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 394
20
7.62
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J. Aiello coll.
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