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

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 3,02 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: RIC V 127

Commentary: olive patina with contrasting reddish sand deposits, well centered, sharp details

History: Carus' boldness, seen also on his coinage, was a subject of his reply to the Sassanian envoys seeking peace, to whom he replied, that he would devoid their kigdom of trees such as his scalp is void of hair.

Article Number: 013-03-06-41652