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Description: | A complete, Roman, struck or hammered, copper alloy, Billon Antoninianus of Carausius. Obverse:Radiate bust, draped, right. Inscription: [] CARAVSIVS P AVG Reverse:Pax standing left with transverse sceptre and branch. No mint mark visible. Inscription: PAX A[]. Reece period 14. Oval flan with attractive dark green patina and very little wear but some light surface verdigris/corrosion and remnants of silver wash. The coin is likely to date to 286-293AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 71 no. 673/679 and Roman Imperial Coinage 880 or 335. The coin is 21.67mm long, 17.16mm wide, 2.16mm thick, diameter 21.67mm and weighs 3.6g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 286
293 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geoff Burr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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