Ancient Coins and Numismatic Books

Carausius (286-293), Argenteus, London, c. 287, rev. renovat romano, she-wolf right, suckling Romulus and Remus, rsr in exergue, 4.55g/7h (RIC 571; Shiel 68; RSC 82). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £2,000-2,500

For the interpretation of rsr as Redeunt Saturnia Regna (Vergil Eclogues iv, 6-7) see de la Bédoyère, ‘Carausius and the Marks RSR and I.N.P.C.D.A’, NC 1998, pp. 79-88