RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75826)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75826)
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κάρος Σεβαστός 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 (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design eagle standing left between two standards, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; above, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.88 g
Axis 2, 11, 12
Specimens 14 (3 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
— —     NY: 1944.100.64094
— —     O: HCR32233 M 4690
— —     O: HCR32234 M 4691
— —     Leeds-UL: 247
— —     ✸ Leeds-UL: 248
— —     Michigan Karanis 49212
— —     Michigan Karanis 49213
— —     Michigan Karanis 49214
— —     Michigan Karanis 49217
— —     Michigan Karanis 49220
— —     Michigan Karanis 49231
— —     Michigan Karanis 49260
— —     Osnabrück Savio 2220
— —     D 5568