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Numerian, February or March 283 - October or November 284 A.D.
Virtus was a specific virtue in ancient Rome. It carried connotations of valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths (from Latin vir, "man"). Virtus applied exclusively to a man's behavior in the public sphere, that is to the application of duty to the res publica in the cursus honorum. Private business was no place to earn virtus, even when it involved courage or feats of arms or other good qualities. There could be no virtue in exploiting one's manliness in the pursuit of personal wealth, for example. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors and was personified as the deity Virtus.RA91618. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 378 (S); Cohen VI 115; SRCV III 12225; Pink p. 55, emission 2; Hunter IV 14 var. (9th officina), Choice VF, excellent centering, porous, light corrosion, small edge, 7th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 4.008g, maximum diameter 21.2mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, Nov/Dec 282 - Feb/Mar 283 A.D; obverse IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS NOB C, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VIRTVS AVGGG (valor of the three emperors), emperor, on left, standing right, scepter in left hand, with right hand receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter (or Carus), Jupiter (or Carus) standing left, offering Victory on globe with right hand, long scepter in left hand, star above center, Z low center, XXI in exergue; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; scarce; SOLD
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