Another win in the Frank Robinson auction is this Alexandrian Tetradrachm which fills a hole in my collection as I have tracked down another emperor that I did not have. Carinus (283-284 A.D.) AE Tetradrachm of Alexandria, 19mm 7.19 grams Year 2 = 284 AD. Obverse: A K M A KAΡINOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right Reverse: L-B, Elpis standing left holding flower and hem of skirt. Reference: Milne 4701-3, BMC 2454, Koln 3177 Please feel free to show any tets or other examples of this short-lived dynasty, e.g. Carus, Carinus, and Numerian.
Nice, I have the same type. Carinus (283-284 A.D.) EGYPT, Alexandria Tetradrachm Obv.: AKMAKA PINOCCEB; Laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: Elpis standing left, holding flower and clutching hem of robe; across fields L-B year 2, CE 283/4, Augustus 18 mm, 6.2 gm Ref: Emmett 4007.2, R1
Carinus Potin Tet: RI Carinus 282-285 CE BI Potin Tet 19mm 8.1g Alexandria Egypt 19mm Athena Seated holding Nike
Watch for the Carinus legion 2 (B) reverse. They are not all that rare but when you get a legion named on a coin, it is not a bad thing. Legion Two Traianus year 3.
Congrats, @ancient coin hunter! I know how exciting it is to add a new name to the list... I just recently made a purchase that adds a few, including Carus (it's in transit). I've got a few of Carinus, none being Elpis: Carinus (as Caesar), Ruled 282-283 AD AE Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Struck 282/283 AD Obverse: A K MA KAPINOC K, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, date LA in upper left field (year 1=282/283 AD). References: Emmett 4012, Dattari 5576, Köln 3172 Ex: Naville Numismatics, Auction 49, Lot #203 (5-12-2019) Carinus, Ruled 283-285 AD AE Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Struck 283/284 AD Obverse: A K M A KAPINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Eagle standing facing, head right, between two vexilla, LB above, RY 2. References: Emmett 4005, Dattari 5596 Size: 19mm, 7.5g Ex: The Reverend Willis McGill Collection (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I) Carinus, (as Caesar), Ruled 283-285 AD AE Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Struck 282/283 AD Obverse: A K M A KAPINOC K, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Eagle standing facing, head right, between two vexilla, LA above, RY 1. References: Emmett 4005, SNG Cop 951 Size: 19mm, 7.26g
Nice @Justin Lee - some great examples and also a nice envelope in there. You mentioned the provenance of the Dattari 5596 coin (Reverend McGill) so he must have got it (and probably lots of other coins) in Egypt. The weird thing is that I have been in the country several times (most recently during the Arab Spring) and I have never seen a Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt coin for sale. However a couple of dealers in other Arab countries seem to have lots of them available (in the hundreds) so my theory is that most of them are squirreled out of the country by clandestine brokers (or smugglers of antiquities) who also make a market in small statuettes of the gods, scarabs, oil lamps, and ushabtis.
I was very happy to have won a Numerian tetradrachm in last Robinson auction. The preservation is excellent, and it's an uncommon type: Numerian as caesar, under his father Carus as emperor, year A = 1 (282-283), Emmett 4018.
This one of Numerian's father Carus I won in last January's auction of Frank Robinson. Tetradrachm Carus (282-283). Obv. Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Dikaiosyne standing. Year A = 282. 17 mm, 7.69 gr. Emmett 3396. And at a German auction, a year earlier, I bought this trio of Numerian (as emperor) and Carinus, making my collection of this short-lived dynasty complete enough.
