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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     79001218      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Carausius Date Ruled:     AD 286-293 Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Denarius Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 286-293 Weight:     4.70 g Die Axis:     6 h Obverse Legend:     IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Reverse Legend:     ORIENS AVG / RSR Reverse Description:     Sol standing facing, head left, raising hand and holding globe Mint:     Uncertain Primary Reference:     RIC 0570 Reference2:     Shiel 063 (same dies) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127729 Grade:     Good VF, toned, minor porosity Notes:     Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1218 Very rare From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex The New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 350. RSR has traditionally been viewed as a mintmark, denoting either Rouen, Rotomagus, or a mint on the site of modern Richborough, where excavations have yielded the highest concentration of Carausius’ denarii at a single site. More recently, though, G. de la BÉdoyÈre, ("Carausius and the Marks RSR and I.N.P.C.D.A.," NC 1998, pp. 79-88) has interpreted RSR as a quote from Virgil's Eclogues iv.6-7: Redeunt Saturnia Regna. Very rare. The finest example of only three known.

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