Record ID: GLO-712B52
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Patinated silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), EXPECTATE VENI, Britannia holding standard standing right clasping hands with emperor standing left holding sceptre. VENI is clear under high magnification - appears VINI or VIIII at normal size. Obverse: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed right. Mintmark: - // RS[R]; commonly attributed to London, but to be studied further. Diameter 20.5mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 3.5g. RIC V, pt 2, p. 510, no. 554. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTON ST PHILIP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT312
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver-plated contemporary copy of a denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), VOTO/VM PVBLICO/VM, Altar inscribed MVLTIS XX IMP. Mintmark: -//RSR; commonly attributed to London, but this is to be studied further. RIC V, pt 2, p. 514, c.f. nos. 595 / 597. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT SHORNE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5CE838
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Carausius dating to the period AD 286 to 293 (Reece period 14). (VIRT?) CARAVSI AVG reverse type depicting lion advancing left with thunderbolt in jaws. Mintmark: -//RSR; commonly attributed to London, but to be studied further. RIC V, pt 2 - The reverse of this coin has been double-struck. There is one other similar coin, with inscription VIRT CARAVSI AVG (hence suggesting this coin is VIRT rather than VIRTVS), in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 9th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLN', grid reference and parish protected.