CARAUSIUS & ALLECTUS I

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The Romano-British Empire (A.D. c.287-296)
Carausius (A.D. c.287-293) and Allectus (A.D. 293-296)
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R2123 – ROMAN BRITAIN, Allectus, (A.D. 293-296), Bronze Quinarius, 2.81g., London mint, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, rev., VIRTVS AVG, galley with four oarsmen and mainmast right, QL exergue, (RIC 55), fine $75
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RB154 - The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 3.80g., London mint, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right, IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, rev., Salus standing left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding sceptre, SALVS AVG, B E in field, MLXXI mintmark in exergue (RIC 155), very fine. $195
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RB131 – ROMAN BRITAIN, Allectus, (A.D. 293-296), Bronze Quinarius, 2.63g., 'C' or ‘G’ mint (Colchester?, Cirencester?, Gloucester?), IMP C ALLECTVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, rev., VIRTVS AVG, galley with four oarsmen and mainmast right, QC or QG in exergue, (RIC 130), almost very fine. $595 SOLD
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RB130 – ROMAN BRITAIN, The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 3.61g., unmarked coinage (London mint), IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev., ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding horse left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left, at foot, captive, (RIC 732), good very fine, rare. $695
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RB80 - The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 5.04g., London mint, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right, IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, rev., Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical specter, PAX AVG, S P in field, MLXXI mintmark in exergue (RIC 101), weakly struck in parts otherwise extremely fine. $195
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RB81 - The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 3.81g., London mint, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right, IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, rev., Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical specter, PAX AVG, L in field, ML mintmark in exergue (RIC 101), obverse slight off-centre, otherwise good very fine. $195
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RB84 - The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 4.63g., London mint, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right, IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, rev., Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse specter, PAX AVGGG, S P in field, MLXXI mintmark in exergue (RIC 143), very fine. $175 The three emperors indicated by AVGGG are Carausius, Diocletian and Maximian, a triumvariate within which Carausius claimed equal standing. If a deal was struck that made him a member of the imperial college it’s memory was very thoroughly cleansed from the official records by the central empires panegyrists after his death and the overthrow of his regime.
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RB89 – ROMAN BRITAIN, The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 4.42g., 'C' or 'G' mint (possibly Colchester, Gloucester or Cirencester), IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev., PROVID AVG, Providentia standing left hold globe and cornucopiae, S C in the field, exergue blank, (RIC 502), weakly struck in parts and doublestruck on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $150
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RB93 – ROMAN BRITAIN, The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) Bronze Antoninianus, 4.46g., 'C' or 'G' mint (possibly Colchester, Gloucester or Cirencester), IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev., MARS [VICTOR], Mars walking right holding spear and trophy, in exergue C or G, (cf RIC 279), weakly struck in parts otherwise extremely fine, rare. $145
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RB111 - The 'Romano-British Empire', Carausius (A.D.287-293) propaganda issue struck in the name of Maximianus, Bronze Antoninianus, 4.18g., London mint, cuirassed radiate bust right, IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, rev., Salus standing left, feeding serpent in arms, SALVS AVGGG AVG, S P in field, mintmark MLXXI in exergue (RIC 38, R²), some roughness but fully discernible, fine, rare. $145 The three emperors indicated by AVGGG are Carausius, Diocletian and Maximian, a triumvariate within which Carausius claimed equal standing, so much so that he even struck coins in their names in his territory. If a deal was struck that made him a member of the imperial college it’s memory was very thoroughly cleansed from the official records by the central empires panegyrists after his death and the overthrow of his regime.
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Historical Background M. Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius was the naval commander in charge of the fleet charged with combating the threat of Frankish and Saxon pirates in the English Channel and the North Sea. Following allegations of piracy leveled against him by the emperor Maximianus, he proclaimed himself emperor in Britain and a small enclave in northern France. His innovative and varied coinage is a testament to his ability to hold together a separatist regime in Britain for six years until his murder by his own subordinate Allectus in A.D. 293. A master propagandist, as his coin types also reflect; he unilaterally assumed membership of Diocletian's collegiate government and even issued coins in the names of his fellow emperors at his two mints in Britain.

Claudius to Commodus	Severan Campaigns	Carausius and Allectus	The London Mint under the Tetrarchy and Constantine I

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