Ancient Coins and Numismatic Books

Roman Imperial coins, Carausius, Denarius, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing, facing, head turned left, holding globe in left hand and raising right hand, 3.53g/6h (RIC –). Slight graze in obverse field, otherwise very fine with strong portrait, extremely rare
£1,500-2,000

This is an unrecorded reverse legend with Sol, which normally reads oriens avg on denarii. It does however occur on antonianii