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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:     754358      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Carausius Date Ruled:     Romano-British Emperor, 286-293 AD Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Denarius Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD circa 287 Diameter:     18 mm Weight:     4.25 g Die Axis:     7 h Obverse Legend:     IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG Obverse Description:     Laureate and draped bust right Reverse Legend:     F-E-LIC-ITA AVG / RSR Reverse Description:     Galley on waves, with central mast and four rowers, sailing right; RSR Mint:     London Primary Reference:     RIC 0560 Reference2:     Shiel 47, pl. I, 47 (same dies) Reference3:     Casey pl. 2, 11 Hoard Name:     Richmond Castle Find Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=63388 Grade:     VF, darkly toned, slight obverse die shift, some flatness in centers. Notes:     Ex Richborough Castle Find.This mintmark has yet to be positively identified, but see de la Bédoyère, "Carausius and the Marks RSR and I.N.P.C.D.A.," NC 1998, for an interpretation of RSR as a quote from Vergil's Eclogues iv.6-7: Redeunt Saturnia Regna, and the placement of the issue at London.

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