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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2492170, member: 76440&quot;]It would be pretty embarrassing if I couldn&#039;t present a couple decent and interesting Carausius coins</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to Webb (1908), the unmarked coins predate the marked coins. However, Cathy King (1984), suggests that some of the unmarked pieces may have been issued mid-reign, as they have common portrait styles with marked, mid-reign coins. It is tough to reach conclusions on the unmarked coins. As King points out, the styles run the gamut; some are clearly unofficial/barbaric imitations, others are overstruck, and still many are of fine, official style.&nbsp; King mentions that the variety of obverse inscriptions on the official-style unmarked coins is broad, and consistent with the C mint which also used many obverse inscriptions.&nbsp; Nevertheless, the L, C and unmarked coins often share share engraving styles, suggesting that engravers may have been shared or dies centrally produced, or perhaps there was really a single mint using different marks.&nbsp; There you have it, clear as mud.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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