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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;singig, post: 4940670, member: 93672&quot;]Hello , is this coin of Carinus a special denomination&nbsp; ? , or is just an antoninianus struck by chance on a much thicker flan ? Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>21 mm / 6.3 g</b></p><p>Carinus, AE Antoninianus, Antioch mint. RIC 325, S&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>IMP C M AVR CARINVS PF AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right. /</p><p>VIRTVS AVGG, Carinus standing right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Carus standing left. S in lower centre. Mintmark XXI. RIC V-2, 325; Sear 12362.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187634[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187635[/ATTACH] </p><p>I found similar examples on acsearch.info&nbsp; , all RIC 325(same officina)&nbsp; are between 3.5 - 4 grams :</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1743171" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1743171" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1743171</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4659252" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4659252" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4659252</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1411974" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1411974" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1411974</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Some sellers are naming this heavy coin a &#039;&#039;Double Antoninianus&#039;&#039; , but I&#039;m not sure that is correct ? I found that a &#039;&#039;Double Antoninianus&#039;&#039; should have only a higher silver content than the usual issue of Antoniniani.</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/savoca_gmbh__co_kg/234/product/roman_empire_carus_282283_double__antoninianus/824292/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/savoca_gmbh__co_kg/234/product/roman_empire_carus_282283_double__antoninianus/824292/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/savoca_gmbh__co_kg/234/product/roman_empire_carus_282283_double__antoninianus/824292/Default.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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