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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Secessionist Empires| > |Carausius| > RA73261
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.|, Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius was originally a fleet commander sent by the first Tetrarchs to rid the Northern seas of Saxon and Frankish pirates. He soon turned to piracy himself, before fleeing to Britain and declaring himself emperor. His natural cunning enabled him to resist all attempts to dislodge him. In 293 Constantius I captured his continental stronghold of Boulogne. Soon after Carausius was murdered by his chief minister Allectus.
RA73261. Billon antoninianus, apparently unpublished, RIC V-2 -, Webb Carausius -, Hunter IV -, SRCV IV -, Bourne Carausius -, Burton Latimer -, Bicester -, Linchmere -, aVF, green patina, a little off center, corrosion, encrustation, Camulodunum (Colchester, England) mint, weight 3.613g, maximum diameter 21.7mm, die axis 0o, c. mid 292 - early summer 293; obverse IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, late reign tetrarchic portrait type; reverse VICTORIA AVGGG (the victory of the three emperors), Victory walking left, wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left hand; captive seated left at feet, hands bound behind back, S - P across fields, MC in exergue; from the Charles Peters Carausius Collection; this is the only example of this type known to Forum; SOLD











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