Obverse: Laureate bust of Carinus

Reverse: Togate emperor and Prince,in military costume, holding Victoria

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Siscia
Material: Gold
Denomination: Aureus
Issuing Authority: Carinus
Actual Weight: 5.34 g.
Die Axis: 12
Date: exact 282 AD - exact 283 AD
Dimensions: 20.5 mm.
Period: Third Century A.C.


Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle stand the togate prince and the emperor,in military attire with a scepter. On their clasped hands they support a figure of winged Victoria (Victory) holding a globe and a wreath.

Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial aureus

Sources Used: RIC V.2, 162, no. 193; Romans and Barbarians, 156, no. C106, illus.