Antoninianus - Carinus ORIENS AVG or ORIENS AVGG; Sol

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (283-285) Numerian (Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) (283-284)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	283-285
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	4.7 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 298309
References	RIC V.2# 262f Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.car.262 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Carinus, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CARINVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator Carinus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Carinus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Sol, standing or walking right or left, raising right hand and holding whip or globe in left hand.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
ORIENS AVG or ORIENS AVGG
-/-//KAς

Translation:
Oriens Augusti.
The rising sun of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (283-285)												"K(crescent)Aς" in exergue;
ND (283-285)												"KA(• on crescent)ς" in exergue;
ND (283-285)												"KA(crescent)ς" in exergue;
ND (283-285)												"KAς" in exergue;

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