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Antoninianus - Carus RESTITVT ORBIS

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Issuer RomeRoman 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
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
296279
References RIC V.2# 107f
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.107
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Carus, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR CARVS P AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus, the pious emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Female figure, draped, standing right, presenting wreath to emperor, standing left, holding globe in right hand and spear or sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RESTITVT ORBIS
(* on P)//XXI

Translation:
Restitutor Orbis.
Restorer of the city (Rome).

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (282-283)  "(* on P)" in left field; "XXI" in exergue;

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