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Lyon AD 283 billon antoninianus 4.26 g 2.23 cm 2.25 cm 11h
obverse: hd Numerianus r radiate, cuirassed IMP C NUMERIANVS AVG
reverse: Pax stg l holding olive-branch and sceptre PAX AVGG, B in l field
(RCV III 12249), RIC V-II 394(F)
Robert Schulman Auction 291, 1190. Apollo Hotel 25-26 Sept 1990
Numerianus (Marcus Aurelius Numerianis) c 253 283-284
Augustus with Carus (his father, till 283) and Carinus (his older brother)
283 Campaign against the Persians with his father Carus.
Capture of the Sasanid capital Ctesiphon on the river Tigris.
Carus found dead in his tent. Dead by lightning or treachery by the praetorian prefect Arrius Aper father-in-law of Numerianus.
Peace with the defeated Persians.
Returned through Asia to meet his brother to discuss future plans.
Fell ill and was discovered dead near Nicomedia (Oct/Nov 284).
Arrius Aper accused of the murder by Diocles, commander of the emperor's bodyguard.
Diocles (Diocletianus), proclaimed emperor by the soldiers,
continued westwards to challenge Carinus for the supreme imperial authority.
B (=2) Officina mark
RCV III 12249 obv IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG
this coin IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG
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