RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75837)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75837)
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 Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 7.14 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 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: 1944.100.64122
— —     A: 7044/δ
— —     DS 10623 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 309
— —     ✸ J. Aiello coll. = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 430