Description: Carus (282 - 283 AD). AE Antoninianus, Antioch mint, posthumous issue 283 AD. DIVO CARO AVG; radiate head right / CONSECRATIO; altar, Δ right, XXI in ex.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 3,94 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: RIC V 127

Commentary: attractive reddish sand patina, perfectly centered, good details

History: Carus died during the campaign against the Sassanid Empire - a struggle which was to stay with the Roman empire for the next 350 years.

Article Number: 046-02-03-41652