Carausius Æ Radiate. 'C' mint, AD 286-293. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, jugate busts of Carausius, radiate and mantled, and Sol, to left / PROVIDEN AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding staff and cornucopiae; S in left field, C in exergue. RIC V.2 -; Webb -; Lanz 109, 830; DNW 152, 1414. 3.28g, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine; areas of flatness. Unpublished and Extremely Rare; possibly the fifth known, four examples known to Sam Moorhead to be included in a revised RIC.
Acquired from Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers.