Need help identifying coin from Britain’s triumphal arch

I appreciate the knowledge and enthusiasm at this site for all things numismatic, especially as it relates to ancient history.

I was writing on another site about the Roman triumphal arch in Richborough, England (ancient Rutupiae).


A reconstruction of the Richborough triumphal arch as it may have looked from the waterfront in about AD 120. © Historic England (illustration by Peter Lorimer)


Richborough (Rutupiae) is Britain’s only known site of a Roman triumphal arch. The arch is thought to have been in existence from 85 AD to 275 AD. (It has been suggested that that the Italian Carrara marble and it’s inscriptions would not have survived well in the British climate with snow and humidity, however.) The triumphal arch would have greeted disembarking Romans as they left what was once a harbor city to travel inland. This would have been a symbolic entranceway to Britain for the arriving Romans.



I need help identifying this coin found at the site:



Thanks in advance,

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Carausius but you’ll need to show the reverse for a more detailed attribution.

 

Yea it’s a carausius...

 

I'm curious, how do you know it was found at the site? Obviously, you didn't find it on the ground. Nice Carausius.

 

The way the picture is formatted and styled leads me to believe that it may be from a news article of some sort that stated the coin was found there.

 

I was right. I just did a reverse image search and found an article from the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/28/amphitheatre-dig-kent-roman-town-richborough

 

And now

 

Thanks, everyone, for taking a look.

Here’s the article source for me (unfortunately no coin reverse):

https://theisleofthanetnews.com/202...excavation-of-richborough-roman-amphitheatre/

Here’s what I wrote at a different site:


It is interesting that the coin found at the site is from Carausius (reign 286-293 AD). (Thank you Orange Julius from cointalk.com for help with identification.)

It is thought that it was probably Carausius who dismantled the triumphal arch to build a Saxon Shore fort at Richborough to protect from invading barbarians. This was one of many forts in the Saxon Shore system on both sides of the Channel to defend against the invading Saxons, Franks, and others.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Shore

Thanks again, all.

Nice related video. It is a great source of information and insight into ancient Richborough.