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
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Carinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
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
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.64127
— —     NY: 1944.100.64126
— —     O: HCR32264 M 4693
— —     ✸ Leeds-UL: 250
— —     D 5595