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Carinus, as Augustus (AD 283-285). AV aureus (20mm, 4.21 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, light graffito. Rome, AD 283-285. IMP CARINVS P F AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust of Carinus right, seen from front / VIRTV-S AVG, Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, resting right hand on hip, left hand placed on club set on rock, lion skin draped on left arm. RIC V.II 233. Calicó 4394 (same obverse die). Crisply struck on lustrous flan. Light graffito on neck of portrait.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant (Roma Numismatics, Auction XXI, 24 March 2021), lot 715; George W. La Borde Collection of Roman Aurei (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 91, 23 May 2016), lot 51; Glenn W. Woods, private sale, (September 2007)
The pose of Hercules on the reverse seems to be modeled on the famous "Farnese Hercules" statue, discovered at the Baths of Caracalla in AD 1546. The statue, an icon of male virility, was sculpted in the early third century AD by a certain Glycon, who signed his name on the base; however the pose was copied from a Greek original sculpted by Lysippus in the 4th century BC.
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Carinus, as Augustus (AD 283-285). AV aureus (20mm, 4.21 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, light graffito. Rome, AD 283-285. IMP CARINVS P F AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust of Carinus right, seen from front / VIRTV-S AVG, Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, resting right hand on hip, left hand placed on club set on rock, lion skin draped on left arm. RIC V.II 233. Calicó 4394 (same obverse die). Crisply struck on lustrous flan. Light graffito on neck of portrait.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant (Roma Numismatics, Auction XXI, 24 March 2021), lot 715; George W. La Borde Collection of Roman Aurei (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 91, 23 May 2016), lot 51; Glenn W. Woods, private sale, (September 2007)
The pose of Hercules on the reverse seems to be modeled on the famous "Farnese Hercules" statue, discovered at the Baths of Caracalla in AD 1546. The statue, an icon of male virility, was sculpted in the early third century AD by a certain Glycon, who signed his name on the base; however the pose was copied from a Greek original sculpted by Lysippus in the 4th century BC.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-carinus-as-augustus-ad-283-285-av-aureus-20mm-421-gm-11h-ngc-ms-5-5-3-5-light-graffito/a/3099-30132.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 20000-25000 USD