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Webb Carausius

Webb, P.H. The reign and coinage of Carausius. (London, 1908).

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Contents

Page

Prefaceiii—vi
Historical Summary - Historians - Panegyrists - English Chroniclers -
Scottish Chroniclers - Numismatic Evidence - Coinage - Mints -
Mint-marks - Table of Mintmarks - Legends and Types


1—88
Catalogue of Coins (See Catalog Contents with Links Below)
89—248
Supplement249—254
Index to Catalogue255—258
General Index
259—260
Plates
I—V


CATALOGUE OF THE COINS OF CARAUSIUS OF THE LONDON, COLCHESTER, AND ROUEN MINTS, ETC.

Description of the Coins

Abbreviations

1. Common obverse legends, referred to by numbers.
1. IMP CARAVSIVS AVG.
2. IMP CARAVSIVS P AV.
3. IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG.
4. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV.
5. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG.
6. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG.
7. IMP C CARAVSIVS IVG.
8. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG.
9. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG.

2. Common types of bust, referred to by letters.
A. Radiate bust to right, draped.
B. Radiate bust to right, draped and cuirassed.
C. Radiate bust to right, cuirassed only.
D. Laureate bust to right, draped.
E. Laureate bust to right, draped and cuirassed.
F. Laureate bust to right, cuirassed only.

3. Authorities quoted.
Abbreviation. Title of Work or Name of Museum.
Akerman. Coins of the Romans relating to Britain.
Ant. Rich. Roach Smith, Antiquities of Richborough.
B. M. British Museum.
B. N. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Bodleian. Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Coh. Cohen, Médailles Impériales.
Coll. Ant. Roach Smith, Collectanea Antigua.
Fitzwilliam. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Hunter. Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University.
K. M. Konigliche Münz-Kabinet, Berlin.
Lincoln. Messrs. Lincoln and Son, Oxford Street, London.
Mon. Brit. Petrie, Monumenta Historica. Britannica.
Num. Chron. Numismatic Chronicle.
Num. Circ. Messrs. Spink and Son, Ltd., Numismatic Circular.
R. dz F. Messrs. Rollin and Feuardent, Paris and London.
Silchester. The Silchester finds in Reading Museum.

Museum collections other than those mentioned above are indicated by the names of the towns, etc., in which they are situate; about twenty-five have been examined. Private collections, of which upwards of fifty have been consulted, are distinguished by their owners' names.

4. Methods of description.

Sizes are given in millimeters. Weights, in grains troy (15.43 = 1 gram).

The Catalog

Londinium (London)....................92

Camulodunum (Colchester)....................120

S -, S - C, or S - P Only....................153

RSR....................164

Rotomagus (Rouen)....................178

UNCERTAIN

I. British Coins without Recorded Mint-Marks [Unmarked]
Silver....................193
Bronze....................196

I. British Coins without Recorded Mint-Marks
Silver....................238
Bronze....................240

Carausius, Diocletian and Maximian
Camulodunum (Colchester), Bronze....................242

Coins Issued by Carausius, Bearing Bust and Name of Diocletian
Londinium (London), Bronze....................243
Camulodunum (Colchester), Bronze....................245
Uncertain Mint, Bronze....................246

Coins Issued by Carausius, Bearing Bust and Name of Maximian
Londinium (London), Gold....................247
Camulodunum (Colchester), Bronze....................248
Uncertain Mint, Bronze....................248

Supplement....................249


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