RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75829)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75829)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Carus
Person (obv.) Carinus (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 282/3
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καρῖνος Σεβαστός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Καρῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus Augustus
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; above, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.87 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 6 (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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.64127
— —     NY: 1944.100.64126
— —     O: HCR32264 M 4693
— —     Leeds-UL: 250
— —     ✸ CNG EA 567, 31 July 2024, lot 474
— —     D 5595