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<p>[QUOTE="RaceBannon, post: 1681695, member: 25357"]For me part of the fascination of collecting LRBs is the history behind the faces on the coins. As I collect and accumulate these coins, I like to study a bit about the history of these Roman Rulers. My two latest pickups are a father and son, Carus and Carinus. They both reigned very briefly as Augustus in the early to mid 280's. I'm finding myself fascinated by the third century crisis that occurred within the Roman Empire. With all the chaos, split rulers, userpers, in-fighting and rivalries, it's a wonder to me that the Roman Empire didn't crumble and dissolve prior to the year 300.</p><p><br /></p><p>"The <b>Crisis of the Third Century</b> (also "Military Anarchy" or "Imperial Crisis") (AD 235–284) was a period in which the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Empire" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Empire">Roman Empire</a> nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Invasion" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Invasion">invasion</a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Civil_war" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Civil_war">civil war</a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian">plague</a>, and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Economic_collapse" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Economic_collapse">economic depression</a>. The Crisis began with the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Assassination" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Assassination">assassination</a> of Emperor <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_Severus" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_Severus">Alexander Severus</a> at the hands of his own troops, initiating a fifty-year period in which 20–25 claimants to the title of Emperor, mostly prominent <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_army" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_army">Roman army</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/General" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/General">generals</a>, assumed imperial power over all or part of the Empire." Cut from wikipedia. Not a great academic quality source, but for the purposes of this general desctiption it will do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow the rulers depicted on the next two coins were Father and Son, and were two of the last claimants to the throne before Diocletian defeated Carinus at the battle of Margus and managed to somewhat unite the Empire again between 285 and 305. It's interesting to note that Carinus is remembered by history as one of the as one of the worst Roman emperors abandoning himself to all kinds of debauchery and excess. But those historical accounts were written under Diocletian, his rival and enemy, so one has to wonder how accurate they are. The victors get to write history.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carus</b>; AD 282-283 </p><p>Bronze AE Antoninianus; 21mm/3.6g</p><p>OBV; Bust Right radiate draped & cuirassed</p><p>REV: Carus standing right receiving victory & globe from Jupiter</p><p>Sear 3409</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carinus</b>: 282-284 AD </p><p>Bronze AE Antoninianus, 21mm/3.6g, Antioch mint</p><p>OBV: IMP C M AVR CARINUS PF AVG; Radiate head right, draped and cuirassed</p><p>REV: VIRTVS AVGG; Emperor standing right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory form Jupiter or Carus standing left, XXI in ex, A in betw. </p><p>(RIC 325 v)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RaceBannon, post: 1681695, member: 25357"]For me part of the fascination of collecting LRBs is the history behind the faces on the coins. As I collect and accumulate these coins, I like to study a bit about the history of these Roman Rulers. My two latest pickups are a father and son, Carus and Carinus. They both reigned very briefly as Augustus in the early to mid 280's. I'm finding myself fascinated by the third century crisis that occurred within the Roman Empire. With all the chaos, split rulers, userpers, in-fighting and rivalries, it's a wonder to me that the Roman Empire didn't crumble and dissolve prior to the year 300. "The [B]Crisis of the Third Century[/B] (also "Military Anarchy" or "Imperial Crisis") (AD 235–284) was a period in which the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Empire"]Roman Empire[/URL] nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Invasion"]invasion[/URL], [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Civil_war"]civil war[/URL], [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian"]plague[/URL], and [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Economic_collapse"]economic depression[/URL]. The Crisis began with the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Assassination"]assassination[/URL] of Emperor [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alexander_Severus"]Alexander Severus[/URL] at the hands of his own troops, initiating a fifty-year period in which 20–25 claimants to the title of Emperor, mostly prominent [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_army"]Roman army[/URL] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/General"]generals[/URL], assumed imperial power over all or part of the Empire." Cut from wikipedia. Not a great academic quality source, but for the purposes of this general desctiption it will do. Anyhow the rulers depicted on the next two coins were Father and Son, and were two of the last claimants to the throne before Diocletian defeated Carinus at the battle of Margus and managed to somewhat unite the Empire again between 285 and 305. It's interesting to note that Carinus is remembered by history as one of the as one of the worst Roman emperors abandoning himself to all kinds of debauchery and excess. But those historical accounts were written under Diocletian, his rival and enemy, so one has to wonder how accurate they are. The victors get to write history. [B]Carus[/B]; AD 282-283 Bronze AE Antoninianus; 21mm/3.6g OBV; Bust Right radiate draped & cuirassed REV: Carus standing right receiving victory & globe from Jupiter Sear 3409 [B]Carinus[/B]: 282-284 AD Bronze AE Antoninianus, 21mm/3.6g, Antioch mint OBV: IMP C M AVR CARINUS PF AVG; Radiate head right, draped and cuirassed REV: VIRTVS AVGG; Emperor standing right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory form Jupiter or Carus standing left, XXI in ex, A in betw. (RIC 325 v)[/QUOTE]
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