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ID: |
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74000761 |
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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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Romano-British Emperor, 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 |
| Weight: |
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4.14 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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IMP CARAVSIVS P F A |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand |
| Reverse Legend: |
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VBERITAS AVG / RSR |
| Reverse Description: |
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Uberitas standing right, clasping right hands with a soldier (or Carausius?), standing left, holding spear in left hand |
| Exergue: |
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RSR |
| Mint Mark: |
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RSR |
| Mint: |
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Uncertain |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 0589 |
| Reference2: |
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RSC 101 |
| Reference3: |
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Casey - |
| Reference4: |
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Hunter 168; Shiel 089 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97174 |
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Grade:
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Near EF, wonderful metal quality and strike |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton X, Lot: 761 Very rare. 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. |
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