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Antoninianus of Carinus - 1966.67

Acquisition number: 
1966.67

Obv.: Bust of Carinus r., radiate, draped, cuirassed, bearded. IMP(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) AVR(elius) CẠṚINVS AVG(ustus).

Rev.: Emperor in military dress standing r. with transverse spear in right hand and globe in left. SAECVLI FELICITAS. Below the globe, D.

Title: Antoninianus of Carinus - 1966.67

Author or editor: Beryl Rawson

Culture or period: Roman Imperial

Date: AD 283-285

Material: Metal - Copper-silver alloy

Object type: Coins - Roman

Acquisition number: 1966.67

Dimensions: 21mm (w)

Origin region or location: France

Display case or on loan: 7

Keywords: Coin, antoninianus, Roman, Imperial, Carinus, Lugdunum, Roman Gaul

Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) V Part.2, 214; Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 12354; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) IV 213 no. 37 and pl. 50.

1966.67

Antoninianus of Carinus

3.719 g. AD 283-285

Obv.: Bust of Carinus r., radiate, draped, cuirassed, bearded. IMP(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) AVR(elius) CẠṚINVS AVG(ustus).

Rev.: Emperor in military dress standing r. with transverse spear in right hand and globe in left. SAECVLI FELICITAS. Below the globe, D.

On Carinus cf. 1966.66. He was left by his father Carus as emperor in the West, when Carus and Numerianus left for Parthia in AD 283. After their deaths Carinus was challenged by Diocletian and was murdered in AD 285. The reverse, military in type, proclaims the ‘felicity of the age’.

The coin was struck at Lugdunum (Lyon). The mint-mark D indicates the workshop at that mint responsible.

Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) V Part.2, 214; Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 12354; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) IV 213 no. 37 and pl. 50.

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