RA73505. Billon antoninianus,
apparently unpublished, RIC V-2 -, Webb Carausius -, SRCV IV -, Hunter IV -, Burton Latimer -, Bicester -, Linchmere -, VF/F, dark patina, nice portrait, minor patina chipping on edge, top half of reverse mostly weak or off flan, unofficial or Camulodunum (Colchester, England) mint, weight 4.334g, maximum diameter 22.3mm, die axis 225
o, 292 - 293 A.D.; obverse IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVID AVGGG (the foresight of the three emperors), Providentia standing left, raising globe in right hand, transverse scepter in left hand, S - P flanking across fields, MC in exergue; from the Charles Peters Carausius Collection;
none of the approximately eighty published Providentia varieties struck under Carausius have this S - P / MC mintmark, no others known to Forum;
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