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Romano-British Empire, Carausius, Mid 286 - Spring or Early Summer 293 A.D.
In The British Usurpers Carausius & Allectus, P.J. Casey writes, "It should be observed the employment of mintmarks and control symbols in a rational and systematic manner is an innovation of the coinage of Carausius which was subsequently adopted throughout the Roman coinage. Why it was felt necessary to introduce such a radical system of record is not known: if, as will be argued, Allectus was the finance minister of the Carausian administration, it is to him that this innovation should be credited."RA73286. Billon antoninianus, Webb Carausius 139; RIC V-2 98; Cohen VII 194; Hunter IV 48; SRCV IV 13639 var. (IMP CAR..), aVF, well centered, area of corrosion and pitting, some legend unstruck, earthen deposits, Londinium (London, England) mint, weight 4.210g, maximum diameter 24.1mm, die axis 180o, c. 291 A.D.; obverse IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate bust right, middle reign portrait type; reverse PAX AVG (the peace of the Emperor), Pax standing half left, head left, raising olive branch in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, B - E flanking across the field, MLXXI in exergue; from the Charles Peters Carausius Collection; SOLD
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