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Antoninianus - Carausius PAX AVG
| Issuer | Britannic Empire |
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| Year | 286-287 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Carausius declared himself emperor in 286 AD after being ordered executed by Maximian — he preempted the sentence by crossing to Britain with his fleet and proclaiming a breakaway empire that would hold out for a decade. His coin output was substantial and deliberately propagandistic, invoking the loyalty of the Roman legions stationed in Britain and the Classis Britannica. The PAX legend was a pointed claim: a usurper advertising peace is advertising legitimacy.
RIC V.2 883 is among the earlier emissions, predating the more ambitious silver-washed issues Carausius later produced to rival official Roman coinage in appearance.