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 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 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 11 (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

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
    Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 302