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Tetradrachm - Carinus Alexandria
| Issuer | Alexandria |
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| Year | 284-285 |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, cuirassed bust of Emperor Carinus facing three-quarters to the right, rendered in the distinctive Alexandrian provincial style. The portrait displays the characteristic late Roman military dress with paludamentum visible at the shoulder. A Greek imperial legend encircles the bust, reading from upper left around the periphery of the flan. The die engraving, typical of late third-century Alexandrian coinage, presents a slightly stylized facial treatment with the emperor's features rendered in low relief against the broad, irregular flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | A K M A KAPINOC CEB (Translation: A (-utokrator) K (-aisar) M (-arkos) A (-urhlios) Kapinoc (=carinus) Ceb (=sebastos): `Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus August`.) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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