RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75834)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75834)
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 Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 6.84 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 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
— —     Michigan Karanis 49097
— —     DS 10623 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 309
— —     ✸ Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1399