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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/75821 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | X |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 75821) |
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 | eagle standing left between two standards, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 7.63 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 |
Specimens | 71 (17 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 |