bpv_540713 - CARUS Tétradrachme
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Price : 75.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: (an 1)
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Carus à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse legend : A K M A KA-ROS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Karos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Carus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) drpée, debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : L -A
Reverse translation : (an 1).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. En bon état, les tétradrachmes d’Alexandrie sont plutôt rares.
Historical background
CARUS
(09/282-07/283)
Carus is proclaimed in Rhaetia at the end of August 282. Probus is assassinated in Sirmium. Carus entrusts the rank of Caesar to his eldest son Carin at the end of October, then to his other son, Numérien, in December. Carus named his august sons in March 283. In the spring of 283, he began a brilliant campaign against the Sassanids, took Ctesiphon, their capital, but was struck down by lightning in July 283. Numerian, who accompanied him, was charged with bringing back the troops.
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