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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. [IMP] C M CARAVSIV[S ...], radiate and draped bust right / SAECVLI [FELICITA]S, Carausius standing right, wearing helmet and military attire, holding transverse spear and globe in outstretched hand. RIC V.5 1545 (forthcoming); RIC V 980 (this coin cited); P. Webb, “The Reign and Coinage of Carausius” in NC 1907, 1097 (this coin cited); CHRB III, 20469 = Lord Selborne, “On a Hoard of Roman Coins Found at Blackmoor, Hants” in NC 1877, 122 (this coin). Dark red-brown patina with some light green deposits, struck somewhat off center, areas of weakness, light scratch. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 29 October 2007. Ex The Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins (Christie’s, 9 December 1975), lot 291; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914).
This coin bearing this uncommon obverse legend for the type appears is the same coin cited in each reference going back from RIC in 1933 to the 1907 NC and finally the 1877 NC detailing the Blackmoor Hoard. The hoard comprised over 4,000 coins including 545 for Carausius, 117 of which were new types unlisted in Cohen. This coin was not listed in Cohen and is detailed in the hoard catalog by Selborne as having the exact same weakness in both the obverse and reverse legend as is found on this coin. Additionally, the diameter given by Webb in his 1907 catalog is identical and the coin’s surfaces are consistent with other examples from the 1873 hoard. No other example of this coin has appeared at recent auction. This coin is verifiably the Lord Selborne coin detailed in 1877 and subsequently cited by Webb and the authors of RIC. The most detailed cataloging appears in the 1982 Coin Hoards from Roman Britain catalog of the Blackmooor Hoard – CHRB III. It was still with the Blackmoor Hoard collection held by the 4th Lord Selborne when it was sold at Christie’s in 1975. Sold as lot 291, this coin was illustrated in the catalog removing all doubt as to its incredible provenance.
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