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Roman Emp., Carinus, Aureus 283

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:6,400.00 CHF Estimated At:8,000.00 - 10,000.00 CHF
Roman Emp., Carinus, Aureus 283
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The Roman Empire, Carinus caesar, 282 – 283, Aureus, Antiochia 283, AV 4.59 g. IMP C M AVR CARINVS NOB C Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. VICTOR – IAE – AVGG Victory advancing r., holding wreath and palm branch; in exergue, SMA. C –. RIC –, cf. Carus 122 and Numerian 374 (this reverse die). NAC & Spink-Taisei, The Gilbert Steinberg Collection, 733. Calicó 4393 (these dies). Exceedingly rare, apparently only the third specimen known A few edge marks, otherwise extremely fine This important new discovery almost completes the 283 Antiochene gold coinage of Carus Aug. and Carinus and Numerian Caess. and Augg., only Carus Aug. waiting to be found with this reverse. Carinus Caes. is shown with ornamenta consularia as he was cos i with his father this year, indicating that it was not until a little while after the capture of Ctesiphon, the event the coin clearly celebrates, that he and his brother were raised by Carus to the Augustate, perhaps simultaneously.