Roman Or Greek Coin Verification And Id.

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It is a Roman coin of the emperor Carausius 286-293 AD. He was a rebel emperor that ruler from Britian. The type is an Antoninianus.

Thats supposed to be a silver cion of Carausius (he was the only person to issue actual silver coinage for a century). However, this Usurper couldnt issue them forever - only a very limited few coins were issued in silver, and they are worth a lot. This is a copy, probably a Westair one with the letters WRL filed off.

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Carausius is very popular because he took Britainf rom the Romans (and issued some really interesting coinage). He's listed as being quite rare, but in Britain his issues turn up all the time (usually the later coppers, almost always of the PAX AVG design...though other stuff turns up relatively frequently - I've had 3 unique issues from him). The PAX AVG can be had cheaply.