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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8321219, member: 75937&quot;]I have an unusual PAX type. There are no mint or field marks whatsoever. Pax holds an olive branch and a cornucopiae. It is unlisted in RIC and Sear. The reverse type is the mirror image of RIC 927.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/carausius-pax-avg-antoninianus-jpg.1113987/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Carausius, AD 286-293.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Roman billon antoninianus, 2.91 g, 21.2 mm, 3 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Uncertain British mint.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate (draped and cuirassed?) bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Rev: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and cornucopiae.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Refs: RIC --; RCV --.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/need-help-with-carausius-attribution.359729/#post-5192361" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/need-help-with-carausius-attribution.359729/#post-5192361">I corresponded with Sam Moorhead</a> of the British Museum and who is working on an update to RIC on these issues. He kindly replied:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Dear [Roman Collector],</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you are as well as can be possible at the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is probably irregular, but I am including such pieces in an ‘Aberrant Type’ section because the line between official and irregular gets really blurred with Carausius. There are numerous types with PAX AVG which are not the standard branch and sceptre types. It is the tenth specimen I have recorded of such a piece. There were two in the Blackmoor Hoard (20440-1) and the BM, Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam all have examples, so yours is in good company!</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that this helps a bit. Thank you so much for sending the image. I have stored it away safely for comparison when I sweep through the plates for the catalogue. Covid and Lockdown has set me back a bit, but I am up and running again, hoping to complete the RIC next year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best wishes,</p><p><br /></p><p>Sam</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr Sam Moorhead</p><p>Portable Antiquities and Treasure</p><p>British Museum</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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