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ID: |
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79001218 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Carausius |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 286-293
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Denarius |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 286-293 |
| Weight: |
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4.70 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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ORIENS AVG / RSR |
| Reverse Description: |
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Sol standing facing, head left, raising hand and holding globe |
| Mint: |
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Uncertain |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 0570 |
| Reference2: |
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Shiel 063 (same dies) |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127729 |
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Grade:
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Good VF, toned, minor porosity |
| Notes: |
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Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1218 Very rare From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex The New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 350. RSR has traditionally been viewed as a mintmark, denoting either Rouen, Rotomagus, or a mint on the site of modern Richborough, where excavations have yielded the highest concentration of Carausius’ denarii at a single site. More recently, though, G. de la BÉdoyÈre, ("Carausius and the Marks RSR and I.N.P.C.D.A.," NC 1998, pp. 79-88) has interpreted RSR as a quote from Virgil's Eclogues iv.6-7: Redeunt Saturnia Regna. Very rare. The finest example of only three known. |
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