Antoninianus - Carus CONSECRATIO

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus) (282-283)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	282-283
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.6 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 296161
References	RIC V.2# 29k Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.car.29 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Series: Consecration

Obverse

Head of Carus, radiate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVO CARO PIO

Translation:
Divo Caro Pio.
Of divine Carus, the pious.

Reverse

Eagle, standing left or front, head right left or upwards.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONSECRATIO
-/-//-

Translation:
Consecratio.
Consecration.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.95–4.29 g;
Diameter varies: 21–24.8 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (282-283)
ND (282-283)												"I" in exergue;
ND (282-283)												"II" in exergue;
ND (282-283)												"III" in exergue;
ND (282-283)												"IIII" in exergue;

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