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13316 Click to enlarge photo | Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Silver Denarius (2.26g). 'RSR' mint.IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / BL ICA, altar inscribed MVL/ TIS/ IXX/ MP in four lines.Hacksilber otherwise VF. Unique. Only one coin noted in RIC V.5.The second known example in coin archivesCf; See CNG A126, Lot 874 for the only example found, Hammer US$3500. RSR. RIC V.5 178 (forthcoming; this coin noted); RIC V 595 var. (obv. legend); Shiel p. 117, 101 var. (same); RSC 115 var. (same).RSR has traditionally been viewed as a mintmark, denoting either Rouen, Rotomagus, or a mint on the site of modern Richborough, where excavations have yielded the highest concentration of Carausius? denarii at a single site. More recently, though, G. de la B?doy?re, ("Carausius and the Marks RSR and I.N.P.C.D.A.," NC 1998, pp. 79-88) has interpreted RSR as a quote from Vergil's Eclogues iv.6-7: Redeunt Saturnia Regna. (P) | SOLD at A$400 | ||
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