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LOT 3178
Carausius Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Rotomagus (Rouen) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. Near Very Fine.(4.17gr, 20mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Found Stafford, Staffordshire, UK.
Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector.
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Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
