RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75843)

 

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Coin type
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 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 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 35 (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
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: BNK,G.938 BMC 2458
— —     NY: 1944.100.64124
— —     NY: 1944.100.64123
— —     NY: 1932.16.6
— —     O: HCR32261 M 4688
— —     O: HCR32262 M 4689
— —     V: GR 25810
— —     A: 7044ε
— —     Bern Kapossy, Alex 348
— —     Michigan Karanis 49873
— —     Michigan Karanis 49874
— —     Michigan Karanis 49875
— —     Michigan Karanis 49876
— —     Michigan Karanis 49877
— —     Michigan Karanis 49878
— —     Michigan Karanis 49879 (?)
— —     Michigan Karanis 49880
— —     Michigan Karanis 49881 (?)
— —     Michigan Karanis 49882 (?)
— —     Michigan Karanis 49883
— —     Michigan Karanis 49884
— —     Michigan Karanis 49885
— —     Michigan Karanis 49886
— —     Michigan Karanis 49887
— —     Michigan Karanis 49888
— —     Michigan Karanis 49889
— —     Michigan Karanis 49892
— —     Michigan Karanis 49893
— —     Michigan Karanis 49894
— —     Michigan Karanis 49895
— —     Michigan Karanis 49896
— —     D 5591
— —     DS 5591 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 483
— —     ✸ J. Aiello coll.
— —     VAuctions Kenneth W. Dorney EA 14, 31 Jan. 2023, lot 263