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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2882316, member: 76194&quot;]Although Carus is one of those military emperors of the Crisis of the Third Century that went just as quickly as he came, he is notable for two things:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) He most likely died of natural causes or injuries from being hit by lightning, which makes him one of the few emperors in this turbulent period not to have been murdered.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) He was bald and proud of it. So much so that his baldness was prominent on his coins and statues.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691113[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Carus AD 282-283, AE Antoninianus (22mm, 3.24 gram) Rome</b></p><p>IMP CARVS PF AVG; Rad. and cuir. bust r.</p><p>IOVI VICTORI; in ex., KAB; Jupiter standing l. holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle before</p><p>RIC 39</p><p><br /></p><p>Like the other soldier emperors, whose reigns were mostly spent among the legions rather than playing politics in Rome, he is seen here wearing armor, and Jupiter proclaiming victory on the reverse leaves no doubt that this was a military man concerned with only one thing, fighting off the barbarian threats to the chaos striken Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really, the baldness is the one comical thing that sets him apart and tells us something about his personality...he had a sense of humor. Other soldier emperors might have insisted in being shown with a full head of hair. After all, chances are they wouldn&#039;t have spent any time away from their military camps anyway, so who was to know what the emperor really looked like.&nbsp; But not Carus, he was a baldie and not afraid to show it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show any related coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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