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 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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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