Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 346
RIC V Carausius 346. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Camulodunum. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG. The reverse shows providentia, draped, standing left, holding baton in…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 353
RIC V Carausius 353. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Camulodunum. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows providentia, draped, standing left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; at foot, glob…
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Ashmolean Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 548
RIC V Carausius 548. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding eagle-tipped scetpre in right hand, w…
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Ashmolean Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 555
RIC V Carausius 555. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV. The reverse shows britannia, draped, standing right, holding ensign o…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 56
RIC V Carausius 56. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Londinium. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows ram, standing right, with the legend LEG MI or LEG MIN.
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 560
RIC V Carausius 560. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Carausius, laureate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding eagle-tipped scetpre in right hand,…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 571
RIC V Carausius 571. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows she-wolf, standing right, suckling Romulus and Rem…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 58
RIC V Carausius 58. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Londinium. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows capric…
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Ashmolean Museum, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 61
RIC V Carausius 61. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Londinium. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows male centaur, walking left, with the legend LEG II PARTH.
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 75
RIC V Carausius 75. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Londinium. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows bull, standing or walking right, with the legend LEG VI…
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Ashmolean Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 750
RIC V Carausius 750. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows…
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Ashmolean Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 783
RIC V Carausius 783. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows…
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Ashmolean Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 787
RIC V Carausius 787. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows fortuna, draped, seated left on wheel, holding r…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 823
RIC V Carausius 823. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows laetitia, draped, standing left, holding wreath…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 880
RIC V Carausius 880. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 947
RIC V Carausius 947. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows youth, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding ensign in right hand and sceptre in left hand, with the…
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Ashmolean Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 978
RIC V Carausius 978. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG. The reverse shows carausius, draped, cuirassed, standing or walking…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC V Carausius 983
RIC V Carausius 983. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Carausius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Carausius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows salus, draped, standing left, holding sceptre an…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC V Diocletian 287
RIC V Diocletian 287. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Cyzicus. The obverse shows head of Diocletian, laureate, right, with the legend DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows diocletian, draped, cuirassed, riding right, raising right hand, with the legend COS III.
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Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC V Diocletian 263
RIC V Diocletian 263. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Maximian. Mint: Siscia. The obverse shows bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Diocletian, radiate, cuirassed, right, or bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, left, with the legend…
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Coin Collection of Trier University (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC V Diocletian 369
RIC V Diocletian 369. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Maximian. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows bust of Maximian, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Maximian, radiate, cuirassed, right, or bust of Maximian, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear and shield or club and lion's skin, with the legend IMP C MAX…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC V Diocletian 458
RIC V Diocletian 458. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Maximian. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows bust of Maximian, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Maximian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Maximian, radiate, cuirassed, right, or bust of Maximian, radiate, helmeted, cuirassed, right or left,…
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State Coin Collection of Munich, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC V Diocletian 307
RIC V Diocletian 307. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Antioch, Syria. The obverse shows head of Diocletian, laureate, right, with the legend DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows diocletian, draped, cuirassed, holding globe in right hand and sometimes parazonium, with the legend CONSVL IIII P P…
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Coin Collection of the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC V Diocletian 34
RIC V Diocletian 34. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Maximian. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Diocletian, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG. The reverse shows jupit…
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