Coins and Historical Medals

Roman Imperial Coinage, Carausius, Denarius, London, 286, imp caravsivs p f avg, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. voto pvblico, altar inscribed mvl tis imp in three lines, rsr below, 4.46g (RIC 595; Shiel 98-100; RSC 114; S 669B; Sotheby Zurich, 27 October 1993, 1714, same dies). Minute flan crack at 7 o’clock, otherwise nearly extremely fine, obverse better with some residual bloom, centrally struck on good metal, extremely rare £4,000-£5,000

Provenance: Found at Cheriton (Hampshire), September 2020 (PAS HAMP-88E908)