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Ruler: Carus
OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG; Radiated, cuirassed and draped bust right, seen from the front
REVERSE: SALVS AVG
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: D/-//-
MINT: Lugdunum, 282 AD
WEIGHT:
Reference: RIC 16vat. (unlisted with cuirassed bust for this emmission!)
Bastien: 464 (only 1 example cited!)
Price: 1500 PLN
Note: Exceedingly rare variant unlisted in RIC. Apparently only the 4th example known! The other three known specimens are:
1. Paul Francis Jacquier auction 43 lot 385 (hammer 700 EUR!):
https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=1056525|2063|385|096dac246f04fad48167f1d233679b42
2. Numismatics Ibercoin online auction 57 lot 498 (starting price 700 EUR, unsold):
https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=1928504|4530|498|279b0a623782cfdfefad0c6aeb23aef0
3. example cited by Bastien under no. 464
Beautiful example, in dark, shiny, even patina with great details! The finest example of the 4 known!
The reign of Carus and therefore of his sons, Carinus and Numerian, was really brief and with a common denominator: the military campaigns. Perhaps this is the reason why, as far as currency is concerned, we are in a period of continuity and where there are no great news if we ignore the mints of Lugdunum and Siscia of some double Antoninians. On an aesthetic level, if there is a change to take into account: the portraits on the obverse are more sober, less varied than in previous times and the realism, as can be seen in Caro's baldness, surpasses the idealization of his predecessors.
Coleção : Roman Empire 4 300 - 1450