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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2882452, member: 82322&quot;]This Carus tetradrachm portrait seems to have hair.&nbsp; I have heard the theory that provincial mints received a portrait bust of each new emperor.&nbsp; Perhaps Carus&#039; had not arrived yet when this was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691182[/ATTACH] </p><p>EGYPT, Carus, 282-3 AD. potin 18.3mm 8.39g</p><p>Obv: Α Κ M A KAPOC CEB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak; L to left, palm behind, A to right</p><p>Dattari 5565? 5569?, Cologne/Geissen 3116-3? 3159? Emmett 3999</p><p>Ex Art Institute of Chicago, from the Glover collection acquired in 1978, #1481. Gemini, auction XII, April 2017, lot 487 (part) </p><p><br /></p><p>Note: extraordinarily smooth and even patina with yellow highlights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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