Carausius (286/7-293), Denarius, London, 286-7, laureate and draped bust right, rev. expectate vini, Britannia standing right, holding standard in left hand and clasping the hand of the Emperor, who holds a sceptre, rsr in exergue, 4.35g (Shiel 30; RIC 554; Sear 13508; S 668). Part weak, otherwise obverse very fine, reverse fine, very rare £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Spink America Auction (New York), 12 September 1995, lot 560.

rsr = Redeunt saturnia regnia [The Golden Age returns]