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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 24674646, member: 10613&quot;]I just recently won a nice Carausius coin. Diocletian put Carausius in charge of clearing out the Frank and Saxon pirates pillaging the English Channel. Carausius defeated the pirates, but then declared himself ruler of Britain, in effect, becoming a pirate himself. Carausius struck coins in his name along with Diocletian and Maximianus in hopes that he would be formally named as a co-ruler; which did not happen. This presumptuous and ill-fated desire to be recognized is why the reverse legend ends with AVGGG- - one G for each Augustus. These coins coins also have XXI in the exergue, which is likely a mark of value, meaning 20 parts alloy to 1 part silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573775[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Carausius </font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 291</font></p><p><font size="4">24mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 4.3g</font></p><p><font size="4">IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="4">PAX AVGGG; Pax stg. l., holding olive branch and sceptre; S-P across fields.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. MLXXI</font></p><p><font size="4">RIC Vii London 143</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1573776[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Diocletian</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 291</font></p><p><font size="4">21x24mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 4.4gm</font></p><p><font size="4">IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="4">PAX AVGGG; Pax stg. l., holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; S-P across fields.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. MLXXI</font></p><p><font size="4">RIC Vii London 9</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1573777[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Maximianus</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 291</font></p><p><font size="4">24mm 3.8g</font></p><p><font size="4">IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="4">PAX AVGGG; Pax stg. l., holding olive branch and sceptre; S-P across fields.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. MLXXI</font></p><p><font size="4">RIC Vii London 34</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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