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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 938

Estimate: 4000 USD
Price realized: 12 000 USD
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Carinus. AD 283-285. Æ Medallion (35mm, 26.72 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 283. IMP CARINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M TRI P COS P P, Carinus and Carus, each togate and raising right hand in salutation, standing right in garlanded carrus, drawn by a triumphal quadriga of horses right; S C in exergue. Gnecchi pl. 161, 10 (same dies). Brown and green patina, edge split, some smoothing and strengthening of detail. VF. Very rare.

This medallion likely commemorates the raising of Carinus to the rank of Augustus.
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