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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3944517, member: 57495"]Wow, congrats on scoring that ex Doug Carus & Sons set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ambitious dynasty founder incinerated by divine lightning.... eldest son and successor murdered by his own officer for seducing his wife... amiable younger son with a penchant for poetry found dead in his own carriage... the saturnine praetorian prefect waiting in the wings to emerge as mastermind of the Tetrarchy. Sounds like it could make for a pretty decent TV series! </p><p> [ATTACH=full]1039615[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>DIVUS CARUS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus. 3.54g, 22.6mm. Rome mint, AD 283. RIC 47; Cohen 15. O: DIVO CARO, radiate head right. R: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing facing, head left; KAA in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Old Sable Collection; ex Rauch 87 (2010), lot 816</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039616[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>NUMERIAN</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus. 3.58g, 22.4mm. Rome mint, 6th officina. 5th emission, 2nd phase, September AD 283 - January 284. RIC 423. O: IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VNDIQVE VICTORES ('Victories Everywhere!'), Numerian standing facing, head left, holding globe and scepter; KAς in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3944517, member: 57495"]Wow, congrats on scoring that ex Doug Carus & Sons set. Ambitious dynasty founder incinerated by divine lightning.... eldest son and successor murdered by his own officer for seducing his wife... amiable younger son with a penchant for poetry found dead in his own carriage... the saturnine praetorian prefect waiting in the wings to emerge as mastermind of the Tetrarchy. Sounds like it could make for a pretty decent TV series! [ATTACH=full]1039615[/ATTACH] [B]DIVUS CARUS[/B] AE Antoninianus. 3.54g, 22.6mm. Rome mint, AD 283. RIC 47; Cohen 15. O: DIVO CARO, radiate head right. R: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing facing, head left; KAA in exergue. [I]Ex Old Sable Collection; ex Rauch 87 (2010), lot 816[/I] [ATTACH=full]1039616[/ATTACH] [B]NUMERIAN[/B] AE Antoninianus. 3.58g, 22.4mm. Rome mint, 6th officina. 5th emission, 2nd phase, September AD 283 - January 284. RIC 423. O: IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VNDIQVE VICTORES ('Victories Everywhere!'), Numerian standing facing, head left, holding globe and scepter; KAς in exergue.[/QUOTE]
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