Aureus - Carinus VICTORIA GERMANICA; Victory

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	4.7 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 298385
References	RIC V.2# 320b 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.320 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Carinus, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C CARINVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Carinus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Carinus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, galloping left in biga, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand; beneath horses, enemy.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIA GERMANICA

Translation:
Victoria Germanica.
Victory over the Germans.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (283-285)

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