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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Secessionist Empires| > |Carausius| > RA73230
Romano-British Empire, Carausius, Mid 286 - Spring or Early Summer 293 A.D.
|Carausius|, |Romano-British| |Empire,| |Carausius,| |Mid| |286| |-| |Spring| |or| |Early| |Summer| |293| |A.D.|, Laetitia is the Roman goddess of gaiety and joy, her name deriving from the root word laeta, meaning happy. She is typically depicted on coinage with a wreath in her right hand, and a scepter, a rudder, or an anchor in her left hand.
RA73230. Billon antoninianus, Webb Carausius 509; RIC V-2 p. 502, 457; Hunter IV 118; SRCV IV 13605, F/VF, obverse off center, green patina with some flaking, scratches, Camulodunum (Colchester, England) mint, weight 3.924g, maximum diameter 24.7mm, die axis 180o, 291 - 292 A.D.; obverse IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust right; reverse LAETITIA AVG (the joy of the Emperor), Laetitia standing half left, wreath in right hand, grounded anchor in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking high across field; from the Charles Peters Carausius Collection, ex-Ancient Coin Collector's Guild Benefit Auction II (24 Sep 2009), lot 157; SOLD











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