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Auction 17007  6-7 Dec 2017
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Lot 537

Starting price: 3000 GBP
Price realized: 2900 GBP
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Carausius (286-93), AR Denarius, 4.14g, imp caravsivs p f avg, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. renovat romano, she-wolf suckling twins, rsr in exergue (RIC V, part II, no. 571), a recent field find with a minor striking split and a trace of double striking to reverse, otherwise good very fine, a charming example, rare
Fd. Bitton, Bristol, 7 October 2017. Recorded with the British Museum, ref. PAS: FASAM-DA9159. . As of publication, this coin is only the sixteenth example of its type to be viewed by Dr Sam Moorhead in his forthcoming corpus update to RIC on the Coinage of Carausius and Allectus

Estimate: £3,000.00-£3,500.00
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