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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Carinus| > RA77480
Carinus, First Half 283 - Spring 285 A.D.
|Carinus|, |Carinus,| |First| |Half| |283| |-| |Spring| |285| |A.D.|, Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.
RA77480. Billon antoninianus, Hunter IV 41 (also 4th officina); RIC V-2 295; SRCV 12343; Pink VI-2, p. 29, series 4; Cohen VI 24, F, well centered on a tight flan, reverse weak, potentially active corrosion on edge (upper right obverse), 4th officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 3.196g, maximum diameter 23.0mm, die axis 180o, 4th emission, July 283 A.D.; obverse IMP CARINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from the front; reverse FELICIT PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, legs crossed, head left, holding caduceus and resting left elbow on column, QXXI in exergue; SOLD










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