CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624

CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624
CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624
CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624
CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624
CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624

CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624

Item: i81624 Authentic Ancient Coin of. Bronze Antoninianus (Aurelinianus) 20mm Lugdunum (Lyons) mint, struck circa 283-285 A. Reference: RIC 220; Bastien 612; Sear 12358 Certification: NGC Ancients.

AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right. VICTORIA AVGG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm, A in left field.

In ancient Roman religion, Victoria or Victory was the personified goddess of victory. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike, and was associated with Bellona. She was adapted from the Sabine agricultural goddess Vacuna and had a temple on the Palatine Hill. The goddess Vica Pota was also sometimes identified with Victoria. Unlike the Greek Nike, the goddess Victoria (Latin for "victory") was a major part of Roman society. Multiple temples were erected in her honor. When her statue was removed in 382 CE by Emperor Gratianus there was much anger in Rome. She was normally worshiped by triumphant generals returning from war. Also unlike the Greek Nike, who was known for success in athletic games such as chariot races, Victoria was a symbol of victory over death and determined who would be successful during war. Victoria appears widely on Roman coins, jewelry, architecture, and other arts. She is often seen with or in a chariot, as in the late 18th-century sculpture representing Victory in a quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany; "Il Vittoriano" in Rome has two.

Winged figures, very often in pairs, representing victory and referred to as "victories", were common in Roman official iconography, typically hovering high in a composition, and often filling spaces in spandrels or other gaps in architecture. These represent the spirit of victory rather than the goddess herself.

They continued to appear after Christianization of the Empire, and slowly mutated into Christian angels. Carinus (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Carinus Augustus ; died 285) was Roman Emperor from 283 to 285.

The elder son of emperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar and in the beginning of 283 co-emperor of the western portion of the empire by his father. Official accounts of his character and career have been filtered through the propaganda of his successful opponent, Diocletian. More certainly, he celebrated the annual ludi Romani on a scale of unexampled magnificence. After the death of Carus, the army in the east demanded to return to Europe, and Numerian, the younger son of Carus, was forced to comply. During a halt at Chalcedon, Numerian was found dead.

Diocletian, commander of the body-guards, claimed that Numerian had been assassinated, and he was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers. Carinus left Rome at once and set out for the east to meet Diocletian.

On his way through Pannonia he put down the usurper Sabinus Julianus and in July 285 he encountered the army of Diocletian at the Margus River in Moesia. Historians differ on what then ensued. At the Battle of the Margus River (Morava), according to one account, the valour of his troops had gained the day, but Carinus was assassinated by a tribune whose wife he had seduced. Another account represents the battle as resulting in a complete victory for Diocletian, and claims that Carinus' army deserted him. This account may be confirmed by the fact that Diocletian kept in service Carinus' Praetorian Guard commander, Titus Claudius Aurelius Aristobulus. Carinus has a reputation as one of the worst Roman emperors. This infamy may have been supported by Diocletian himself.

For example, the (unreliable) Historia Augusta has Carinus marrying nine wives, while neglecting to mention his only real wife, Magnia Urbica, by whom he had a son, Marcus Aurelius Nigrinianus. After his death, Carinus' memory was officially condemned in the Roman proceeding known as Damnatio Memoriae. His name, along with that of his wife, was erased from inscriptions.

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CARINUS Authentic Ancient Lugdunum 283AD Roman Coin VICTORY NGC Certified i81624