RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75842)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75842)
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 Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Καρίνος 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
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; to left or right, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.35 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 12 (4 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
— —     C: Mossop
— —     NY: 1944.100.64115
— —     NY: 1974.26.3981
— —     O: HCR32260 M 4687
— —     A: 7044α
— —     Bern Kapossy, Alex 346
— —     Michigan Karanis 49891
— —     CNG EA 506, 15 Dec. 2021, lot 280
— —     D 5577
— —     DS 5566 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 394
— —     ✸ J. Aiello coll.
— —     Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 302