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A new Carausius Rouen variety
« on: May 27, 2018, 05:40:25 pm »
Hi,
Just picked up this Carausius coin from the Rouen mint. It has the common (for Rouen) Tutela reverse but sports an obverse bust type (trabaeate or decorated cuirassed) that doesn't readily fit into the three series arrangement proposed by Beaujard and Huvelin in their Rouen paper.


Carausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG"
Radiate, trabeate (or ornamented cuirassed) bust right
Rev "TVTELA AVG"
Tutela stg left with patera and cornucopia, altar to left
Rotomagus mint
RIC - (cf 684); Beaujard & Huvelin -

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Re: A new Carausius Rouen variety
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2018, 07:08:48 pm »
Very interesting find, Mauseus.  For comparison, here is my Rouen, TVTELA, which shares similar, though less-detailed, crisscrossing embellishments to a draped (not cuirassed) bust






 

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