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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thejewk, post: 8256790, member: 100136&quot;]RIC V 20</p><p>IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG</p><p>PAX AVGGG</p><p>S/P//C</p><p>4.36g, 23mm</p><p>Purchased from finder, found in Malton, Yorkshire 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455718[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After a rather lean few months on the coin front, with the recent general increase in costs for coins at auction now seemingly being felt on ebay, my regular hunting ground, I was pleased to spot this coin.&nbsp; It was erroneously listed as being barbarous by the seller and I think as a result passed under the radar.&nbsp; Thankfully for me, I got it for less than half of what I was prepared to pay for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins featuring AVGGG on the reverse are part of the series of coins produced by Carausius after his &#039;accord&#039; with Maximian, or rather after Maximian&#039;s failure to defeat Carausius and bring Britannia back into the empire.&nbsp; The holy grail is a coin with Carausius, Maximian and Diocletian all in jugate on the obverse, but with even utterly rotten examples selling for many hundreds and often thousands of pounds, I have been trying to pick up any examples I can find due to their historical interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>This Diocletian example, with the most common Pax reverse, is still very uncommon, and even more uncommon in such a good state.&nbsp; As usual, there are surface issues, with the patina flaking in some spots and severely chipped along the edges, but the strike and design is excellent and I am very pleased to add it to my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for the watermark, but my health is playing up and I can&#039;t get a steady hand, so some blur removal was necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything you feel relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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