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RIC V Carausius 6

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RIC V Carausius 6, Aureus, Gold, struck at Londinium, 286–293 AD. Obverse: bust of carausius, laureate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake held in arms. Weight about 4.4 g, diameter 20.0 mm.
mint Londinium weight 4.35g (1)
ruler Carausius diameter ⌀20.0 (1)
denomination Aureus axis 6↕ (1)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Carausius, laureate, cuirassed, right

CARAVSIVS P F AVG
reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake held in arms

SALVS AVGG
specimens (1)
American Numismatic Society 4.35g ⌀20.0 6↕

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RIC V Carausius 6 (ric.5.cara.6), 286–293 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-carausius-6/ (accessed: 2026-11-06). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA