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Could This Be A Carausius Ae Denarius?

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 Posted 11/13/2021  12:04 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Paul Bulgerin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have owned this coin for about ten years. It's sat unattributed in my collection. I've wondered if it might be an AE denarius of the British usurper Carausius.

It's not in the best of shape but I appears to have a laureate bust. It is 17 mm. in diameter and weighs 3.95 grams.

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I found this link to a CNG auction for an AE Carausius denarius which bears some similarities to my coin.

https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=136301

Here is the coin from the CNG auction.


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Finally, during my online research I came across this CCF post from two years ago.

http://goccf.com/t/342774

Thoughts on this interesting coin are most welcome. Thank You.
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 Posted 11/13/2021  12:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JohnConduitt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes it looks like it might even have Carausius written above his head.

I'm not sure the reverse is Pax, although that is usual for Carausius. They seem to be leaning on an anchor, like Laetitia, but there also seems to be something under their arm. Maybe it's a barbarous issue.
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