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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/75843 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | X |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 75843) |
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 | Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; to left or right, star |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 7.57 g |
Axis | 1, 12 |
Specimens | 34 (7 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 |