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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7836877, member: 84905&quot;]Great coins. I love the Magna Urbica from Lyon. Lyon produced these nice and realistic portraits at the time.</p><p>I don&#039;t have Magna Urbica, unfortunately.</p><p>But here are my favourite coins of Carinus:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1. Rome</b></p><p>IMP CARINVS PF AVG // FIDES MILITVM&nbsp; - K (crescent) AE</p><p>Year: AD 285</p><p>Mint: Rome, 5th officina, 6th emission</p><p>I think this is a particularly nice portrait with the curly beard.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. Lugdunum</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>IMP C M AVR CARINVS AVG&nbsp; //&nbsp; SAECVLI FELICITAS&nbsp; -- D</p><p>Mint: Lugdunum, 4th officina</p><p>Year: 284/285</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347417[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. Siscia</b></p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CM AVR CARINVS PF AVG&nbsp; // VOTA PVBLICA&nbsp; -- SMSXXIB</p><p>Mint: Siscia, 2. officina</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>4. Antioch</b></p><p>M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES&nbsp; //&nbsp; CLEMENTIA . TEMP&nbsp; -- XXI</p><p>Antioch, second officina</p><p>Year: 282/283</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347419[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>5. Ticinum</b></p><p>M AVR CARINVS NOB . C&nbsp; // PRINC IPII VVENTVT&nbsp; -- gamma? XXI</p><p>Year: 282/283</p><p>Mint: Ticinium, 3. officina?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The historical sources portrayed Carinus as decadent and incompetent. However, these sources were controlled by his successors, who had every interest in discrediting Carinus and the family of Carus. Carinus seemed to have dealt effectively with external and internal enemies and may have been much better than his reputation. We will probably never know his real character.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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