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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, CARUS. Commemorative Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Struck A.D.283 - 284
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Obverse: ΘEω KAPω CEB. Laureate head of Carus facing right.
Reverse: AΦIEPωCIC. Round, burning and garlanded altar on base, star in upper left field.
GICV : 4777 | Emmett 3995.
This coin is an undated posthumous type struck under Carinus and Numerian and bearing the legend AΦIEPωCIC, one of the most interesting features of the Alexandrian coinage of Marcus Aurelius Carus.
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![ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, CARUS. Commemorative Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Struck A.D.283 - 284
[i]Obverse[/i]: ΘEω KAPω CEB. Laureate head of Carus facing right.
[i]Reverse[/i]: AΦIEPωCIC. Round, burning and garlanded altar on base, star in upper left field.
[b]GICV : 4777[/b] | Emmett 3995.
This coin is an undated posthumous type struck under Carinus and Numerian and bearing the legend AΦIEPωCIC, one of the most interesting features of the Alexandrian coinage of Marcus Aurelius Carus.](albums/userpics/10427/normal_CARUS_DIVO_Tetradrachm_Altar.JPG "Click to view full size image
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, CARUS. Commemorative Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Struck A.D.283 - 284
[i]Obverse[/i]: ΘEω KAPω CEB. Laureate head of Carus facing right.
[i]Reverse[/i]: AΦIEPωCIC. Round, burning and garlanded altar on base, star in upper left field.
[b]GICV : 4777[/b] | Emmett 3995.
This coin is an undated posthumous type struck under Carinus and Numerian and bearing the legend AΦIEPωCIC, one of the most interesting features of the Alexandrian coinage of Marcus Aurelius Carus.")
