453, Lot: 622. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 3.60 g, 10h). Contemporary imitation of a London mint issue. INP CΛPΛVSVIS [ ]F ΛVC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / L M SΛL VS I[ ]ΛC, Salus standing facing, head left, feeding serpent coiled around column with patera and holding cornucopia. For prototype, cf. RIC V 155. Dark green surfaces, some roughness. VF.