Budget purchases: Carinus and Numerian

Awesome OP-coins, Smeags ... winners!!

Amazingly, for all three of the dudes posted, I only have this dirty old Carinus Tet example ... man, I need to buy a few more coins!!

 

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NUMERIAN
Tetradrahm
OBVERSE: A K M A NOVMEPIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: Athena seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; shield below chair, L-B (date) across field (Year 2)
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 283/4 AD
19mm; 6.74g
Köln 3192-3193; Dattari 5607, Emmett 4013; Sear 12272

 

Yep, Gol get on it, these emperors are awesome! I got both of these for a third of the price of that Carus I was considering the other day.

 

Greg your Carinus: Rome, RIC 155c, 2nd. emmission Dec.282.
The Numerian : Ticinum, RIC 266A, 2nd emission Dec.282

 

Not bald at all....... why is that?

Lugdunum, sole reign,
1th emission sept.283

 

Thanks for that! Saved me a little time

 

Don't know but... In general, many 1st issue coins of emperors look less like the later ones because the cutters had not yet received up to date portraits to copy. They may have had information on what the man looked like years before or they may have just adapted the look of the last emperor. I believe you could make a nice specialty collection of misplaced faces like Vitellius looking like Otho or Septimius looking like Didius so maybe we have a hairy Carus for the set.

 

Nice late 3rd century coins folks



Carus, Antoninianus Lyon mint (Lugdunum), 4th officina, AD 282
IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding a snake. D in left field
3.78 gr
Carus, antoninien, Ref : Cohen # 74, RIC # 16, Bastien # 464, RCV -



Numerianus, Antoninianus Ticinium mint, 5th officina, 2nd emission, Dec 282 AD
M AVR NVMERIANVS NOB C, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Numerianus, seen from behind
PRINCIPI IVVENTUT, Prince of youth standing left, holding baton and sceptre. VXXI at exergue
3,35 gr, 23 mm
Ref : RCV #12219, Cohen #76, RIC vol V #366



Carinus, Antoninianus Rome mint, 2nd officina, 5th emission, Nov 284 AD
IMP CARINVS PF AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust of Carinus right
IOVI VI - CTORI, Jupiter standing left, holding victory and sceptre. Eagle at feet. KAB at exergue
4,25 gr, 22 mm
Ref : RCV #12348, Cohen #45, RIC vol V #257

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Carus, Carinus, and Numerian all minted at the Tripolis mint. Here is a site listing all the types from Tripolis (there are not many).

http://esty.ancients.info/Tripolis/


Carus. RIC 128. * in upper field, TR in lower field, XXI in exergue.
22mm. 12:00. 4.03 grams.

A characteristic of Tripolis mint coins is poor artwork on the portraits compared to the other mints. This one illustrates that nicely.

 

Doug you are right, it's the Probus portrait for reasons you mentioned.

 

For Tripoils some variations for RIC128:
Who cares? I do.

star in field without dot in the legend


No star in field with the dot in legend



No star in field and the dot is missing

 

Nice coins Greg and all.