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Description
Roman Empire. Carausius, 287-293. Londinium, 286-293 AD. Æ Antoninianus, 4.81 gr., 22.5 mm.
Obverse: IMP C CARAUSIUS PP AUG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Carausius to the right //
Reverse: PAX AUGGG; Pax standing to the left, holding olive-branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left; across fields: S P, in exergue: MLXXI.
Ref: RIC 143.
Attractive dark brown toning. Nearly Extremely Fine
Provenance Details
Ex CNG 105 (Lancaster, 2017), lot 959.
Comment
Note the 3 G’s in the circumscription; with this he acknowledged the emperors Diocletian and Maximinus and placed himself on the same level.