Carinus was not well-liked and upon his death, he and his entire family were condemned with their names removed. Carinus faced a challenger Diocletian and the Eastern legions. Carinus‘ forces outnumbered those of Diocletian and at the moment when victory was near, Carinus was murdered by one of his own officers.

These antoninianus of Carinus were clearly buried perhaps ahead of that battle for they are very rare to have their silver plating still intact. Thus, these coins grade as almost uncirculated, which is quite rare. The silver plating typically does not last.

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This is a set of 10 bronze Antoninianus that were issued followed the assassination of Gallienus in 268 on through to Diocletian and Maximianus 284-305AD who instigated the monetary reform and it was Diocletian who instituted Wage & Price controls trying to halt the inflation. It was Diocletian who also reintroduced silver coinage known as the argentius.

This is a nice set virtually XF and includes:

Claudius II
Aurelian
Tacitus
Florian
Carus
Carinus
Numerian
Probus
Diocletian
Maximianus

Set of 14 Debarius between 81AD and 244AD. After this period, the denarius has been marginalized and replaced by the double-denarius known as the Antoninianus. This is a nice set mostly VF to XF. Domitian is the last of the 12 Caesars.

Domitian – 81-96 AD
Trajan – 98-117 AD
Hadrian – 117-138 AD
Antoninus Pius – 138-161 AD
Marcus Aurelius – 161-180 AD
Commodus – 177-192 AD
Septimius Severus – 193-211AD
Julia Domna – Wife
Caracalla – 198-217AD
Geta – 209-212AD
Elagabalus – 218-222AD
Severus Alexander – 222-235AD
Maximinus I –235-238AD
Gordian III – 238-244AD

Constantine I the Great carried out a major monetary reform throughout his reign beginning from the time he was merely a junior partner holding the rank of Caesar. A new weight standard was employed for the gold and new denominations were added to the silver. Bronze coinage also underwent major reforms, usually for the worst, with a continual steady decline in size and weight.

These are the bronze Numis - the smallest bronze denomination The Quality here is VF to XF

Apparently, everything we posted sold out in 15 minutes or less. We will put up a few more items at 4PM EST to allow a different time zone to have a crack at these.

QUESTION: Marty; There are those who say Scalia was wrong for he claimed the civil war was correct and he changed the meaning of the Second Amendment. You are the real constitutional scholar on these issues. Is there a right to secede by a state? Did Scalia really change the Second Amendment? Thank you so […]