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ID number: BIRBI-R2436 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Carausius; Londinium Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 286-293 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 4.31 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1576. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Carausius, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and vertical sceptre in l.; S and P in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C CΛRAVSIVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Carausius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PH-X HV-C (Imperial Peace). In Exergue: MIXXI
Bibliography: RIC V 101
Notes: According to RIC, the MIXXI in the exergue of the reverse and the S and P in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Londinium.
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