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№ 36

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2 April 2014

Hammer Price:
£2,600

Roman Imperial Coinage, Carausius, Denarius, London, 286-93, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev, virtvs caravsi avg, lion advancing left with thunderbolt in jaws, 3.82g/1h (cf. RIC 592 var.) Extremely fine but reverse double-struck, the reverse legend believed previously unpublished for the type, of the highest rarity £2,000-2,500