Record ID: BM-B49CF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS SAEC C, Radiate lion advancing left. Mintmark: -//RSR; commonly attributed to London, but to be studied further. RIC V, pt 2 - . However, another coin with the same reverse type is recorded in the British Numismatic Journal Coin Register for 2000, p. 158, no. 31; it has a different obverse legend. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover area', grid reference and parish protected.