Mike Clark, 73, from Wimborne, discovered the coin in June in a field in South Brewham in Somerset.
A metal detectorist has discovered a rare Roman coin that could fetch up to £8,000 at auction.
Mike Clark, 73, made the discovery on June 9 during an organised dig with around 20 other detectorists in South Brewham, Somerset.
Using his XP Deus 1 metal detector, nothing was found in the morning but in the afternoon a first signal was a £1 coin.
The next signal revealed at a depth of six inches was the silver coin, which Mr Clark recognised immediately as a denarius of the Roman Emperor Carausius.
He then contacted the local finds liaison officer so that it could be properly recorded.
The coin is expected to fetch between £6,000 and £8,000 when it is sold at auction at Noonans Mayfair on October 22.
The coin, which was never published, features a laureate bust of the usurper Carausius, who commanded the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’, based in the English Channel.
In AD 286 the emperor Maximian ordered his execution after Carausius was suspected of concealing treasure captured from pirates.
Carausius then declared himself Emperor of Britain and northern Gaul making Britain an independent state.
For this he is sometimes regarded as the first ‘Brexiteer’.
The coin features a radiate Lion holding a thunderbolt. The letters RSR appear before the Lion which are the abbreviation for “Rodeunt Saturnia Regna’ from the poet Virgil’s ‘Eclogues’ meaning the kingdom of Saturn returns.
Carausius is hinting at a return to a Golden Age through his leadership. Carausius was murdered seven years later by his finance minister Allectus.
Mr Clark, a retired commercial fisherman who has been metal detecting for 52 years, will share the proceeds of the auction with the landowner.
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