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<p>[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 5007583, member: 89687"]After losing out on many coins in little better shape that $40(+shipping) couldn't touch..i got this lil jewel for 10 bucks delivered...i can live with that! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...emperor Carus, killed by a lighting strike according to history/legend, dawned the purple at 60 in 282, last job being prefect of Probus's praetorian guard.(did he kill him? its according who you ask) He's credited with adding stability to the crumbling empire with his victories and sons dynasty, however short-lived. Histories are conflicting in these times to say the least..</p><p><br /></p><p>POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1201436[/ATTACH] Carus antoninianus, 282-283 Ob: Emperor Bust right with radiate crown and cuirassed, IMP C MARVR CAVS P F AVG. Rv: IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter left facing holding Victory with eagle at feet, BKA(Rome mint) at bottom.</p><p>22mm 3.19gms[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 5007583, member: 89687"]After losing out on many coins in little better shape that $40(+shipping) couldn't touch..i got this lil jewel for 10 bucks delivered...i can live with that! :)...emperor Carus, killed by a lighting strike according to history/legend, dawned the purple at 60 in 282, last job being prefect of Probus's praetorian guard.(did he kill him? its according who you ask) He's credited with adding stability to the crumbling empire with his victories and sons dynasty, however short-lived. Histories are conflicting in these times to say the least.. POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS!:) [ATTACH=full]1201434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1201436[/ATTACH] Carus antoninianus, 282-283 Ob: Emperor Bust right with radiate crown and cuirassed, IMP C MARVR CAVS P F AVG. Rv: IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter left facing holding Victory with eagle at feet, BKA(Rome mint) at bottom. 22mm 3.19gms[/QUOTE]
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