RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75835)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75835)
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 Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm; to left or right, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.96 g
Axis 2, 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: 1944.100.64112
— —     ✸ O: HCR32259 M 4686
— —     V: GR 38040
— —     Frankfurt Förschner 1224
— —     D 5575
— —     J. Aiello coll.