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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thejewk, post: 3939221, member: 100136&quot;]I&#039;ve decided to kick start a collection of British mint coins, and my first few will be &#039;arriving&#039; via the jolly, fat man on the 25th.&nbsp; In reality, however, my first one arrived today and was swiftly whisked away by the missus!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038336[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038337[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A radiate of Carausius, IMP CARAVSIUS P F AVG (possibly just AV) / MONETA AVG, no mintmark, holding scales and cornucopia, 3.3g, around 23mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before buying it, I had noted the dotted curved line to the right and just under the chin of Carausius, and had through it was possibly a trace of a previous failed strike wildly off centre.&nbsp; When briefly in my hand, however, I noticed a few lines and a pattern within the lines which makes me think it may be a shield.&nbsp; Further to that, There&#039;s something going on to the left of the bust as well, under the muck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve looked in all the spots that I could think of, and found no description of this obverse with a Moneta reverse other than this example I found in the British Museum Collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=662851001&amp;objectId=3053748&amp;partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=662851001&amp;objectId=3053748&amp;partId=1" rel="nofollow">https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=662851001&amp;objectId=3053748&amp;partId=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This shows a more full bust, shield in the left hand and a spear in the right.&nbsp; The flan of my coin is more oval than round, and the missing I from IMP could indicate that a portion of the bottom of the design is missing on my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone have any thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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