Carus "PAX EXERCIT" filled die? Engraver's error?

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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    What's going on with this one? The reverse inscription is supposed to read PAX EXERCITI (peace of the army; genitive masculine singular) but this one appears to be missing the final I in EXERCITI. Is this a result of a filled die? An engraver's error?

    Post your Carus coins, inscription variants, etc. -- anything you feel is relevant!

    Carus PAX EXERCIT antoninianus.jpg
    Carus, AD 282-283.
    Roman billon antoninianus, 3.46 g, 21.1 mm, 1 h.
    Ticinum, 1st officina, 2nd emission, AD 282.
    Obv: IMP CARVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.
    Rev: PAX EXERCIT, Pax standing left, holding branch and signum; PXXI in exergue.
    Refs: RIC 75F; Cohen 56; RCV --; Pink VI/2, p. 28.
     
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  3. EDDOP

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    I think it's a filled die, I never noticed this "variant".

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    Neat rarity of an emperor who never had to worry where his comb was!

    Here's mine:
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    CARUS
    282-283 CE Antoninianus.
    Rome.
    Obv: IMP C M AVR CARVS
    P F AVG.
    Radiate and cuirassed bust
    right.
    Rev: VIRTVS AVGG / ΓKA.
    Mars standing left with shield
    and spear.
    RIC 45
     
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