RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75821)

 

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Coin type
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

Specimens of this coin type