Description
Londinium, 286-293 AD. Æ antoninianus, 4.81 gr., 22.5 mm.
Obv: IMP C CARAUSIUS PP AUG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Carausius to the right.
Rev: PAX AUGGG; Pax standing to the left, holding olive-branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left; across fields: S P, in exergue: MLXXI.
Ref: RIC 143. Ex CNG 105 (Lancaster, 2017), lot 959.
Attractive dark brown toning. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Note the 3 G’s in the circumscription; with this Carausius acknowledged the emperors Diocletian and Maximinus and placed himself on the same level.
