RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75822)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75822)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Carus
Person (obv.) Carinus (Caesar)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 282/3
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ Κ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καρῖνος Καῖσαρ Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Καρῖνος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus Caesar
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Carinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (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 7.31 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 31 (16 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
— —     L: G.2160 BMC 2449
— —     L: 1866,1201.3937 BMC 2450
— —     ✸ P: 3723
— —     P: Maspero 1967/2045
— —     Cop SNG 951
— —     G SNG 4831
— —     NY: 1944.100.64116
— —     NY: 1935.117.839
— —     NY: 1974.26.3982
— —     NY: 1944.100.64117
— —     NY: 1944.100.64119
— —     NY: 1944.100.64118
— —     O: HCR32256
— —     O: HCR32258
— —     O: HCR32255 M 4679
— —     O: HCR32257 M 4680
— —     A: 4766 Demetrio 3350
— —     A: 4767 Demetrio 3351 corr.
— —     Bern Kapossy, Alex 347
— —     Cologne Geissen 3169
— —     Cologne Geissen 3170
— —     Frankfurt Förschner 1223
— —     Michigan Karanis 49869
— —     Michigan Karanis 49870
— —     Michigan Karanis 49871
— —     Michigan Karanis 49872
— —     Osnabrück Savio 2222
— —     CGT coll.
— —     DS 5578 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 395
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     Victoriaco coll., ex Sol Numismatik Auction XLIV, 26 July 2025, lot 493