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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Carinus| > RA73657
Carinus, First Half 283 - Spring 285 A.D.
|Carinus|, |Carinus,| |First| |Half| |283| |-| |Spring| |285| |A.D.|, Carinus ruled at a time when virtus (valor, courage) was an essential attribute for the emperor. Although the empire had recovered significantly from the low point of the third-century decline, Pax Romana was only a distant and faded memory. The fortune of the empire greatly depended on the virtus of the emperor. Some references identify the figures on the reverse as Carinus and Numerian.
RA73657. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 325; Cohen VI 184; Hunter IV 47 var. (officina); SRCV III 12362; Pink VI/2, p. 52, aEF/VF, nice portrait, toned, flan crack, 2nd officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.933g, maximum diameter 21.9mm, die axis 180o, 4th emission, May - June 284 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVR CARINVS P F AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right; reverse VIRTVS AVGG (valor of the two emperors), Emperor standing right, short scepter in left hand, facing Jupiter on right, standing left, with right hand offering Victory on globe, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, B in lower center, XXI in exergue; ex Forum (2006); SOLD










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