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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know, I had said I would stay on the bandwagon after my Theodahad purchase, but this one and the next one I will be posting I got were cheap so I thought "why not? I don't have these emperors anyways". So here is the first of the two: Carinus antoninianus Obv: IMP CARINVS PF AVG Rev: AETERNIT AVGG  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice coin, Eddop is the expert on Carus and Family. He has started me collecting them.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Sometimes they are so cheap you cant afford not to buy them  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36880 Posts |
Glad to see I'm not the only one without will power. Nice coin VK.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
946 Posts |
I can see why it went for a low price due to the condition, yet Carinus is a hard to find emperor, even in AEs.
Great find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
Yes, they are kind of hard to find. I got my Carinus from Eddop last year.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1411 Posts |
Very Nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
VK, the band wagon is over rated, a old dealer told me to buy ever thing you can, I do..  This coin is awesome too!!..nice pick up.. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks guys! Quote:
the band wagon is over rated I agree lol |
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Your Carinus is from Rome minted in august 283.
The obverse inscription is IMP C M AVR CARINVS AVG
The reverse: AETERNIT AVGG Aeternitas standing left holding phoenix on a globe & lifting skirt
exe. KAgamma
In RIC as 247c.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Really appreciate the attribution Eddop; it will of course be recorded in my excel when it arrives. I realized the obv legend I put was wrong shortly after I posted the thread but was in a hurry and didn't have the time to fix it. I like how it can be pinned to a particular month. Pretty neat Edited by VisigothKing
01/12/2013 11:15 am
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