Aureus - Carinus ORIENS AVGG; Sol
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (283-285)
Numerian (Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) (283-284) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 283-285 |
| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 5.2 g |
| Diameter | 20.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 298370 |
| References | RIC V.2# 310 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Carinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, left, seen from behind, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C M AVR CARINVS P F AVG
Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus Pius Felix, Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Sol, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ORIENS AVGG
-/-//-
Translation:
Oriens Duorum Augustorum.
The rising sun of the two emperors (Augusti).
Mint
Siscia, modern-day Sisak, CroatiaComments
Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (283-285) | |||||||||||||||
| ND (283-285) | "*" in right field; | ||||||||||||||
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