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LOT 3367
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
London mint; struck March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX [AVG], Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; S in left field, P in right field, MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 118; Webb 139. Near Very Fine.(3.17gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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