Aureus - Carinus Draped, cuirassed, P M TRI P COS P P

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 283-285
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
Weight 4.1 g
Diameter 18 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC V.2#226d, OCRE#ric.5.car.226
Obverse description Bust of Carinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CARINVS P F AVG
(Translation: Imperator Carinus Pius Felix Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator) Carinus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Carinus, draped, standing right in slow quadriga, holding branch in right hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TRI P COS P P
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul, father of the nation.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (283-285) - -
Numisquare ID 5664951820
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