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 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

Specimens of this coin type