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Auction: 17007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 537

Carausius (286-93), AR Denarius, 4.14g, imp caravsivs p f avg, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. renovat romano, she-wolf suckling twins, rsr in exergue (RIC V, part II, no. 571), a recent field find with a minor striking split and a trace of double striking to reverse, otherwise good very fine, a charming example, rare

provenance
Fd. Bitton, Bristol, 7 October 2017
Recorded with the British Museum, ref. PAS: FASAM-DA9159

As of publication, this coin is only the sixteenth example of its type to be viewed by Dr Sam Moorhead in his forthcoming corpus update to RIC on the Coinage of Carausius and Allectus

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Sold for
£2,900