CARUS

DIVUS CARUS. Commemorative AE Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Struck A.D.283 - 284 under Carinus and Numerian. Obverse: ΘEW KAPW CEB. Laureate head of Carus facing right. Reverse: AΦIEPOCIC. Round, burning and garlanded altar on base, star in upper left field. Diameter: 18mm | Weight: 7.1gms | Die Axis: 12 GICV : 4777 | Emmett 3995 This coin is an undated posthumous type bearing the legend AΦIEPOCIC, one of the most interesting features of the Alexandrian coinage of Marcus Aurelius Carus.