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 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 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.