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RIC V Carausius issuing for Diocletian/Maximian 1

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RIC V Carausius issuing for Diocletian/Maximian 1, Antoninianus, Silver, struck at Camulodunum, 286–293 AD. Obverse: jugate busts of maximian, radiate, cuirassed, left, and bust of diocletian, sometimes radiate, cuirassed, left, and bust of carausius, sometimes radiate, cuirassed, left, sometimes raising right hands. Reverse: pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 3.7 g, diameter 22.4 mm.
obverse RIC V Carausius issuing for Diocletian/Maximian 1
reverse RIC V Carausius issuing for Diocletian/Maximian 1
mint Camulodunum weight 3.74g (3)
ruler Carausius diameter ⌀22.4 (2)
denomination Antoninianus axis 7↕ (1)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Jugate busts of Maximian, radiate, cuirassed, left, and bust of Diocletian, sometimes radiate, cuirassed, left, and bust of Carausius, sometimes radiate, cuirassed, left, sometimes raising right hands

CARAVSIVS ET FRATRES SVI
reverse

Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand

PAX AVGGG
specimens (4)
British Museum 4.21g 7↕
British Museum (RIC V)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 4.06g ⌀22.3
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2.96g ⌀22.5

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RIC V Carausius issuing for Diocletian/Maximian 1 (ric.5.cara-dio-max_her.1), 286–293 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-carausius-issuing-for-diocletianmaximian-1/ (accessed: 2026-09-18). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA