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Contributor:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. |
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Issuer: |
MAGNIA URBICA, wife of Carinus, AD 283-285. Antoninianus (3.85 gm). |
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Obverse: |
MAGN VRBICA AVG, diademed bust right, on crescent |
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Reverse: |
VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left, holding helmet and sceptre, shield at feet; K(crescent)A. |
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Reference: |
RIC 343, Rome mint. Grade: EF. |
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Comments: |
For more information, read the entries for related emperors in De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Magnia Urbica see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |