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ID number: BIRBI-R2243 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Carus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 282-283 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.82 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1912. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Carus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Soldier, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing l., leaning on shield with r. and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M AVR CHRVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS AVGG (Imperial Courage). In Exergue: ΓKA
Bibliography: RIC V 45
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the ΓKA in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Rome.
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