Carinus as Caesar with globe and spear 282AD Rare Ancient Roman Coin i52851

Item: i52851

Authentic Ancient

Coin of:

Carinus
 –
Roman Emperor
: 283-285 A.D. –

Carinus
as Caesar

Bronze Antoninianus 22mm (7.53 grams) Rome mint: 282 A.D.
Reference: RIC 158 var; Cohen 103.
 M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
 PRINCIPI IVVENTVT, Prince standing left, holding globe and spear.
 Mintmark RS

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Marcus

Aurelius Carinus (died 285) was

Roman

Emperor
(283 – July, 285) and elder son of the Emperor

Carus
, on whose

accession he was appointed governor of the western portion of the empire.

He fought with success against the

Quadi
tribes,

but soon left the defence of the Upper

Rhine
to his

legates and returned to Rome

, where he abandoned himself to all kinds of debauchery and excess. He

also celebrated the ludi Romani on a scale of unexampled magnificence.

After the death of Carus, the army in the East demanded to be led back to

Europe, and Numerian

, the younger son of Carus, was forced to comply.

During a halt at

Chalcedon
,

Numerian was found dead, and

Diocletian
,

commander of the body-guards, who had claimed that Numerian had been

assassinated, was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers.

Carinus at once left Rome and set out for the East to meet Diocletian. On his

way through Pannonia he put down the usurper

Sabinus Iulianus

, and encountered the army of Diocletian in

Moesia
.

Carinus was successful in several engagements, and at the

Battle of the Margus River

(Morava),

according to one account, the valour of his troops had gained the day, when he

was assassinated by a tribune whose wife he had seduced. In another account, the

battle is represented as having resulted in a complete victory for Diocletian,

for Carinus’ army deserted him: this second account is also confirmed by the

fact that Diocletian kept Carinus’ Praetorian Guard commander in service.

Carinus has the reputation of having been one of the worst of the emperors.

This infamy was possibly supported by Diocletian himself. For example,

has Carinus marrying nine wives, while neglecting to

mention his only real wife,

Magnia Urbica

, by whom he had an only son, Marcus Aurelius Nigrinianus.

After his death, Carinus’

memory was condemned

and his name, along with that of his wife, was erased

from inscriptions.

Marcus Aurelius Carus (c. 230 – late July/early
August, 283) was a
Roman Emperor
(282-283). During his short
reign, Carus tried to follow the path of restoration of the empire strength
marked by Aurelian
and
Probus
. His sons
Carinus
and
Numerian
formed, with Carus, a short lived
dynasty, which granted further stability to a resurgent empire. He also had a
daughter Aurelia Paulina.

 Biography

Carus, whose name before the accession may have been Marcus
Numerius Carus, was born, probably, at
Narbo (modern Narbonne)
in Gaul,^[1]
but was educated at Rome
. He was a
senator
, and had filled various civil and
military posts before he was appointed
prefect
of the
Praetorian Guard
by the emperor Probus in 282.
After the murder of Probus at
Sirmium
, Carus was proclaimed emperor by the
soldiers. Although Carus severely avenged the death of Probus, he was himself
suspected of having been an accessory to the deed. He does not seem to have
returned to Rome after his accession, but contented himself with an announcement
of the fact to the Senate.

Bestowing the title of
Caesar
upon his sons Carinus and Numerian, he
left Carinus in charge of the western portion of the empire, and took Numerian
with him on the expedition against the
Persians
which had been contemplated by Probus.
Having defeated the Quadi
and
Sarmatians
on the
Danube
, Carus proceeded through
Thrace
and
Asia Minor
, annexed
Mesopotamia
, pressed on to
Seleucia
and
Ctesiphon
, and carried his arms beyond the
Tigris
. The
Sassanid Emperor

Bahram II
limited by internal opposition, could
not effectively defend his territory. For his victories, which avenged all the
previous defeats suffered by the Romans against the Sassanids, Carus received
the title of Persicus Maximus.

Carus hopes of further conquest were cut short by his death. One day, after a
violent storm, it was announced that he was dead. His death was variously
attributed to disease, the effects of
lightning
, or a wound received in a campaign
against the
Persians
. The facts that he was leading a
victorious campaign, and that his son Numerian succeeded him without opposition,
suggest that his death may have been due to natural causes.