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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7746491, member: 96898"]A recent "snack" I haven't posted before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1326145[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Carinus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 283–285 AD, Antioch mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR CARINVS PF AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Carinus r. Rev: VIRTVS AVGG; Carinus standing r., receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter or Carus standing l.; in fields, star and ΕΔ; in exergue, XXI. 20mm, 3.61g. Ref: RIC V Carus 325.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin for the officina number. It is from the ninth officina but instead of using the letter theta (Θ) as numeral for nine, the engraver combined an epsilon (Ε, for five) and a delta (Δ, for four). The theta was considered unlucky because the Greek word for death (Θάνατος) starts with this letter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7746491, member: 96898"]A recent "snack" I haven't posted before: [ATTACH=full]1326145[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Carinus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 283–285 AD, Antioch mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR CARINVS PF AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Carinus r. Rev: VIRTVS AVGG; Carinus standing r., receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter or Carus standing l.; in fields, star and ΕΔ; in exergue, XXI. 20mm, 3.61g. Ref: RIC V Carus 325.[/SIZE] I bought this coin for the officina number. It is from the ninth officina but instead of using the letter theta (Θ) as numeral for nine, the engraver combined an epsilon (Ε, for five) and a delta (Δ, for four). The theta was considered unlucky because the Greek word for death (Θάνατος) starts with this letter.[/QUOTE]
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