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.