Carausius

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RIC Volume V, Part II - Carausius
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	Carausius, Antoninianus, 292-293, London IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PA_X-AVG Pax standing left, branch in right hand, scepter in left S \| P across fields ML in exergue 20mm x 22mm, 3.79g RIC V, Part II, 98 (C)
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 289-290, London IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PA_X- AVG Pax standing left, branch in right hand, vertical scepter in left F \| O across fields ML in exergue 22mm x 24mm, 4.15g RIC V, Part II, 101 (C)
	Imitative issue of Carausius, Antoninianus, 289-290, London IM CARAVSIVS P F AVC (all A and V disjointed as II) Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PA_X-AVG Pax standing facing, head left, branch upward in right hand, vertical scepter in left F \| O across fields Exergue off flan 20mm x 23mm, 3.66g Imitating RIC V, Part II, 101 (C)
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 289-290, London IMP CARASIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PA_X-AVG Pax standing left, branch in right hand, vertical scepter in left F \| O across fields ML in exergue 23mm x 26mm, 3.48g RIC V, Part II, 101 variant Note: Variant for obverse legend - the emperor's name is misspelled - IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG expected
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 287-293, London IMP CARASIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right LM-SAL_VS AVG Salus standing facing, head left, feeding snake coiled round altar at left from patera in right hand, vertical scepter in left 22mm, 3.60g RIC V, Part II, -- (cf. RIC 155 for reverse type) Note: Possibly unpublished with mint mark in legend on reverse instead of exergue. The use of ML and no field marks is assigned in RIC to 288-289 and LM as a mintmark is unlisted entirely. RIC 27 does show an exergual mark of LM with L retrograde and field mark of V.
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 290-293, Camulodunum IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PROV_ID AVG Providentia standing left, globe in right hand, cornucopiae in left S \| P across fields C in exergue 21mm x 24mm, 4.14g RIC V, Part II, 354 (C)
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 286-293, "Issues marked S, SC and SP" IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right MONET_A AVG Moneta standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left S \| C across fields 22mm x 24mm, 4.43g RIC V, Part II, 470 (S)
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 286-293, "Issues marked S, SC and SP" IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PA_X-AVG Pax standing left, branch in right hand, vertical scepter in left S \| C across fields 22mm x 25mm, 4.27g RIC V, Part II, 475 (C)
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 286-293, "Unattributed Mint" IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PA_X-AVG Pax standing facing, head left, branch upward in right hand, vertical scepter in left 24mm, 4.16g RIC V, Part II, 880 (C) Note: RIC footnotes on p. 535 "The ordinary PAX coins form the greater part of the coinage of Carausius and specimens without mint-marks are very numerous." RIC lists 57 different PAX AVG coins without mint marks on pp. 535-8, but does not attempt to assign them to a specific mint.
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 286-293, "Unattributed Mint" IMP CARAVSIVS P F A Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, aegis on left shoulder (?) PAS-A_VG Pax standing facing, head right, branch upward in left hand, cornucopiae in right 20mm x 21mm, 3.52g RIC V, Part II, -- Note: RIC only lists one coin with reverse legend PAS AVG (RIC 873 - Aequitas standing left with scales and cornucopiae).
	Carausius, Antoninianus, 286-293, "Unattributed Mint" IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right PAX-[AVG] Pax standing facing, head left, branch upward in right hand, vertical scepter in left 20mm x 21mm, 3.41g RIC V, Part II, 881 (C)