To put
together a complete bibliography for Carausius and Allectus would be an
impossible task, given the volume that has been written. What I list here is
from my library, not a total listing, but a significant proportion. I will
hopefully add to this as I encounter things on the bookshelves that I’ve omitted.
I’ve split it into a number of categories to help navigation.
Books
Askew, G, The Coinage of Roman Britain, 1967
Askew, G, The Coinage of Roman Britain, 1980
Barker, G, Imperial Legitimation. The Iconography of the Golden Age Myth on Roman Imperial Coinage of the Third Century AD, 2020
Barker, G, and Moorhead, S, The Rebel Emperors of Britannia: Carausius and Allectus, 2023
Brown, A, Coins of the First British Empire (AD 287-296), pamphlet nd (c.1966?)
Burnett, A, The Coins of Roman Britain, nd (c.1977?)
Casey, P J, Roman Coinage in Britain, 1980
Casey, P J,
Carausius and Allectus: the British Usurpers, 1994
De la Bedoyere, G, Defying Rome, the Rebels of Roman Britain, 2003
Elliott, S, Roman Britain's Pirate King, 2022
Grant, M, The Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire, 1999
Harries, J, Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363: the New Empire, 2012
King, C E, Roman
Silver Coins volume 5, 1985
Mallinson, A, The Leaning Tower or Out of the Perpendicular, 1982
Miller, D, Coins of Roman Britain, 1976
Moorhead, S, A History of Roman Coinage in Britain, 2013
Reece, R, The Coinage of Roman Britain, 2002
Robertson,
A S, Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet volume 4, 1978
Sear, D R, Roman Coins and their Values 4, 2011
Shiel, N, The Episode of Carausius and Allectus with particular reference to the numismatic evidence, MPhil thesis, Durham University, 1975
Shiel, N, The
Episode of Carausius and Allectus, 1977
Webb, P H,
The Reign and Coinage of Carausius, 1908
Webb, P H,
Roman Imperial Coinage, volume 5 part 2, 1933
Williams, H
P G, Carausius, a Consideration of the Historical, Archaeological and
Numismatic Aspects of his Reign, 2004
Papers
Allen, D F, "William Stukeley as a numismatist", NC 1970, pp 117-32
Anon, "A new antoninianus of Carausius", N. Circ 1986, p 149
Anthony, J, "Carausius and Allectus", Coin Monthly, June 1977, pp 67-71
Bailey, C J,
“Some notes on the coinage of Carausius”, N. Circ 1981, pp 321-2
Barker, G, "The coinage of Carausius: developing the Golden Age ideology through the Saecular Games", NC 2015, pp 161-70
Bean, S C, "The coinage of Allectus: an interesting overstrike and some" new"types", N. Circ 1995, p 90
Besly, E M,
“Carausian denarii: some new discoveries” in Price, M, et al, Essays in Honour
of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, 1993, pp 223-8
Besly, E, “Allectus
and his money”, in Band, R, and Calomino, D, Studies in Ancient Coinage in
Honour of Andrew Burnett, 2015, pp 283-91
Boon, G, “Oriuna
again”, N. Circ 1974, p 428
Boon, G, “Counterfeit
coins in Roman Britain” in Casey, P J, and Reece, R, Coins and the
Archaeologist, 1988, pp 102-88
Bourne, R
J, “MARTI FAVTORI – innovation or copy” Yorkshire Numismatic Society Coin Fair
Brochure, 1999
Bourne, R
J, “An anonymous radiate with the bust of Carausius” N. Circ 2001, p 92
Bourne, R
J, “A second TETVS AVG (sic) coin from the “RSR” mint” N. Circ 2002, p 61 (an
error at the printers attributes this paper to a third party, a correction
printed p 115)
Bourne, R
J, “Two new antoniniani or aureliani of Carausius” N. Circ 2004, pp 377-8
Bourne, R
J, “The Coinage of Carausius and his colleagues” N. Circ 2009, pp 198-206
Bourne, R
J, “Opuscula Carausiana” Yorkshire Numismatist 4, 2012, pp 1-8
Burnett, A,
“The coinage of Allectus: chronology and interpretation”, BNJ 54, 1984, pp
21-40
Carson, R A
G, “The mints and Coinage of Carausius and Allectus”, JBAA 22, 1959, pp 33-40
Carson, R A G, "An Aureus of Carausius minted at Rotomagus", British Museum Quarterly 27, 1963-4, pp 73-4
Carson, R A
G, “Sequence marks on the coinage of Carausius and Allectus” in Carson, R A G,
Mints, Dies and Currency, 1971, pp 57-67
Carson, R A
G, “Carausius et fratres sui” in Scheers, S, Studia Paolo Naster Oblata 1,
Numismatica Antiqua, 1982, pp 245-58
Carson, R A
G, “Carausius et fratres sui….again” in Huvelin, H, et al, Melanges offers a
Pierre Bastien, 1987, pp 145-48
Casey, P J,
“Tradition and innovation in the coinage of Carausius and Allectus” in Munby, J,
and Henig, M, Roman Life and Art in Britain, 1977, pp 217-31
Casey, P J, "Carausius and Allectus - rulers in Gaul?", Britannia 8, 1977, pp 283-301
Claes, L M G F E, "An unpublished antoninianus of Carausius for Diocletian (-/-//SPC)", NC 2022, pp 339-41
Clayton, P A, "Roman treasure, the Arras/Beaurains find of late Roman gold coins, medallions and jewellery" Coin and Medal News, April 1984, pp 20-2
Davenport, C, "Carausius and his brothers: the construction and deconstruction of an imperial image in the late third century AD", Antichthon 53, 2019, pp 108-33
Davies, J T, "Catalogue of the Roman coins in the Chester museum", Chester Archaeological Society Journal, 24, part 2, 1923, pp 5-54
De la Bedoyere, G, "Carausius unveiled" Current Archaeology 153, 1997, p 358
De la
Bedoyere, G, “Carausius and the marks RSR and INPCDA”, NC 1998, pp 79-88
Evans, A, "A new type of Carausius", NC 1904, pp 136-43
Evans, A,
“Rare and unpublished coins of Carausius” NC 1905, pp 18-35
Evans, A, "Some silver coins of Carausius" NC 1907, pp 272-3
Giard, J-B, "La monnaie de Carausius à Rouen: Une remise en question" RN 1995, pp 264-6
Hill, G F,
“A mint at Wroxeter”, NC 1925, pp 336-42
Holmes, S, "A new variety of Carausius", N. Circ 2001, p 311
Huvelin, H, "Deux nouveau antoniniani de Carausius frappes a l'atelier de Rouen", BSFN 38, 1983, pp 381-2
Huvelin, H,
“Classement et chronologies du monnayage d’or de Carausius”, RN 1985, pp 107-19
Kaczanowicz, W, "Allectus' coin from Lithuania", N. Circ 1990, p 159
King, C E, “The
unmarked coins of Carausius”, BNJ 54,
1984, pp 1-9
Lloyd, C D, "The C mint of Carausius and Allectus", BNJ 68, 1998, pp 1-10
Loriot, X, "Les aurei de Diocletian et Maximien a la marque Ian", BSFN 36, 1981, pp 88-92
Loriot, X, "Un aureus de Carausius de l'atelier continental presume decouvert en Belgique", BSFN 44, 1989, pp 677-9
Lyne, M, “Two
notes on the coinage of Carausius and Allectus”, NC 2001, pp 291-2
Lyne, M, “Some
new coin types of Carausius and Allectus and the history of the British provinces”
NC 2003, pp 147-68
Lyne, M, "Two unusual coins of Carausius and possible interpretations of some reverse field letters on his and the coinage of the western mints in AD 296-325", N. Circ 2008, pp 62-4
Lyne, M, “Two
‘dies’ made from coin obverses of Allectus and their historical significance”, NC
2008, pp 145-50
Lyne, M, "Further thoughts on the identifications of the C and L mints of Carausius and Allectus, AD 287-296", N. Circ 2009, pp 5-6
Manville, H. E, "Square Pegges and round robins: some mid-eighteenth century numismatic disputes", BNJ 60, 1990, pp 99-112
Marsden, A, "A new coin linking Carausius' RSR mint to London", N. Circ 2011, pp 4-7
Marsden, A, "A trial strike of an irregular Carausian reverse in lead", N. Circ 2011, pp 56-8
Marsden, A, "Irregular Roman coins III - the episode of Carausius" Coin Collector, April 2019, pp 34-7
McDonald, J, "A newly identified antoninianus of Carausius in the name of Diocletian", Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia 27, 2016, pp 7-18
Moorhead, S, "The gold Coinage of Carausius", RN 2014, pp 221-45
Moorhead,
S, “A dated coin of Allectus”, in Band, R, and Calomino, D, Studies in Ancient
Coinage in Honour of Andrew Burnett, 2015, pp 277-82
Moorhead, S, "The Frome hoard: how a massive hoard changes everything", in Callegher, B (ed.) Too Big to Study? / Troppo grandi da studiare? Polymnia. Numismatica antica e medievale, Studi 11, 2019, pp 281-304
Morris, A, "The enigma of the 'C' mint", N. Circ 1986, p 149
Morris, A, "The coins of Carausius and Allectus 1", Coins and Antiquities, July 1999, pp 23-26
Morris, A, "The coins of Carausius and Allectus 2", Coins and Antiquities, August 1999, pp 46-49
Morris, A, "The coins of Carausius and Allectus 3", Coins and Antiquities, September 1999, pp 22-24
Oman, C,
“The legionary coins of Victorinus, Carausius and Allectus”, NC 1924, pp 53-68
Pflaum, H-G, "Emission au nom des troi empereurs frappe par Carausius", RN 1960, pp 54-73
Ponting, M, Moorhead, S, Minnit, S, "The Frome hoard: chemical and lead isotope analysis of three silver-alloy denarii of Carausius", NC 2022, pp 205-216
Seaby, P J, "A unique aureus of Carausius and other gold coins of the first British Empire" Seaby CMB 1976, pp 459-61
Seaby, P J, "An unpublished Carausius aureus", Seaby CMB 1978, pp 36-7
Shiel, N, "An unpublished coin of Carausius with BRI in the exergue", Seaby CMB 1972, pp 101-2
Shiel, N,
“The copper denarii of Carausius” N. Circ 1973, pp 330-2
Shiel, N, "The legionary antoninianus of Allectus", Britannia 4, 1973, pp 224-6
Shiel, N, "The Opes legend on coins of Carausius", RN 1973, pp 166-8
Shiel, N, "More denarii of Carausius", N. Circ 1975, p 56
Shiel, N, "The coinage of Carausius as a source of vulgar Latin forms", Britannia 6, 1975, pp 146-9
Shiel, N,
“The BRI coins of Carausius”, NC 1976, pp 223-6
Shiel, N, "Carausian and Allectan coin evidence from the Northern frontier", Archaeologia Aeliana 5, 1977, pp 75-9
Shiel, N,
“Carausius et fratres sui”, BNJ 48, 1978, pp 7-11
Shiel, N,
“Carausian rarities”, N. Circ 1980, pp 42-3
Sutherland,
C H V, “An unpublished naval type of Carausius”, NC 1937, pp 306-9
Sutherland, C H V, "The Evans collection at Oxford; Roman coins of the early empire", NC 1944, pp 1-26
Thiry, J-C, "Un nouveau revers et un type rare frapee par Carausius a Rouen", BCEN 44, 2007, pp 331-4
Toone, L, "The Vogelaar Romano-British collection", The Celator, 2010, May, pp 6-18
Toone, L, "Dr J S "Stoffel" Vogelaar", obituary, N. Circ 2010, p 19
Wade, W V,
“Carausius, Restorer of Britain”, NC 1953, p 131
Walters, F A, "Coin of Carausius overstruck upon an antoninianus of Philip senior", NC 1915, p 135
Webb, P H, "The coinage of Allectus", NC 1906, pp 127-71
Webb, P H, "Commentary on overstrikes of Carausius", NC 1915, pp 135-6
Webb, P H, "A note on the possibility of dating the coinage of Allectus", NC 1927, Proceedings pp 6-7
Woods, D, "From Caracalla to Carausius: the radiate lion with thunderbolt in its jaws", BNJ 88, 2018, pp 189-206
Woods, D, "The alleged tetrarchic mint at Iantinum", NC 2022, pp 199-203
Hoards
Abdy, R A,
“Langtoft Hoard A”, NC 162, 2003, p 390
Abdy, R A,
et al, “Gloucester, Gloucestershire”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 21-113
Abdy, R A,
“Market Drayton, Shropshire”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 131-6
Abdy, R A,
“Gilmorton, Leicestershire”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 159-73
Abdy, R A,
et al, “Elveden, Suffolk”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 174-85
Baldwin, A,
“A find of coins of Carausius and Allectus from Colchester”, NC 1930, pp 173-95
Barclay, C,
et al, “Langtoft 1, East Yorkshire”, CHRB 12, 2009, pp 208-25
Beaujard,
B, and Huvelin, H, “Le tresor de Rouen et l’occupation de la Gaule par
Carausius”, CAN 12, 1980, pp 63-87
Besly, E M,
“The Rogiet hoard and the coinage of Allectus”, BNJ 76, 2006, pp 45-146
Besly, E M,
“Little Orme III, Gwynedd”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 137-9
Bland, R,
The Blackmoor Hoard, CHRB 3, 1982
Bland, R, “A
hoard of Carausius and Allectus from Burton Latimer”, BNJ 54, 1984, pp 41-50
Bland, R,
“Lacock, Wiltshire”, CHRB 9, 1992, pp 208-17
Bland, R
and Burnett, A, “Normanby, Lincolnshire”, CHRB 8, 1988, 114-216
Boon, G, "Hoards of Roman coins found at Silchester", NC 1960, pp 241-52
Boon, G,
“The Erw-Hen treasure trove of Roman antoniniani”, NC 1966, pp 157-63
Boon, G, "Supplementary coin list", in Savory, N, Excavations at Dinorben, 1965-9, 1971, pp 33-41
Burnett, A,
and Casey, P J, “A Carausian hoard from Croydon, Surrey, and a note on
Carausius continental posessions”, BNJ 54, 1984, pp 10-20
King, C E, "A small hoard of Carausius found near Bicester, Oxfordshire", BNJ 52, 1982, pp 7-16
King, C E, "Claydon Pike, Fairford, Gloucestershire" CHRB 6, 1986, pp 183-6
King, C E, "Asthall, Oxfordshire", CHRB 10, 1997, pp 284-8
Minnitt, S, "Blackmoor, Hampshire (addenda)", CHRB 10, 1997, pp 289-94
Moorhead,
S, “Ashbourne, Derbyshire”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 129-30
Moorhead, S, et al, The Frome Hoard, 2010
Robertson, A S, An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards, 2000, particularly hoards 841-951, pp 205-34
Rudding, D R, et Al, "A hoard from the Bath area" CHRB 6, 1986, pp 161-82
Seaby, H A,
“A find of coins of Carausius from Little Orme’s Head”, NC 1956, pp 205-46
Shiel, N, "An Allectan hoard from Surrey", N. Circ 1975, p 236
Shiel, N, "A small coin hoard from Droitwich", Coin Hoards 2, 1976, pp 185-6
Shotter, D,
“Morecambe Bay, north of Carnforth, Cumbria”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 186-88
Taylor, G
A, “A find of coins at Neath, Glamorgan” NC 1930, pp 164-71
Wade, W W, "Carausius, restorer of Britain", NC 1953, pp 131-4
Walton, P,
et al, “Millbrook, Hampshire”, CHRB 13, 2010, pp 140-58
Webb, P H,
“The Linchmere hoard”, NC 1925, 173-235
Webb, P H,
“A note on the Colchester find of Carausius”, NC 1930, 196-8
Sales
with significant or interesting Carausius and/or Allectus content
Aureo and Calico, 8 February 2012
Christie's, 9 December 1975 (Blackmoor hoard)
CNG, 15 March 1995
CNG, 4 December 1996
CNG, 11 February
2009 (Stoffel Voegelaar collection 4)
CNG, 9 February 2024 (Dr Malcolm Lyne collection)
Dix, Noonan
and Webb, 13 March 2002 (Langtoft Hoard)
Dix, Noonan
and Webb, 25 April 2018 (Marvin Lessen collection 1)
Dix, Noonan
and Webb, 14-15 November 2018
Dix, Noonan
and Webb, 5-6 June 2019
Glendinning,
20 November 1969 (Albert Baldwin collection)
Glendinning, 17 October 1978 (small parcel of the Blackmoor hoard)
Gorny and Mosch, 6-7 March 2006 (fake Carausius London aureus, Lot 2313)
Jaquier, 14
September 2018 (Philippe Gysen collection 1)
Lockdales, 27-28 January 2018
London Coins, 1-2 March 2014
Numismatica Ars Classica, 16-17 May 2013 (fake Rouen aureus, Lot 758)
Roma Numismatics,
23 March 2017 (Munro-Walker collection)
Sotheby (London), 16 July 1851 ("many Carausius coins formerly in Mr Billiard's colection")
Sotheby (London), 15 March 1852
Sotheby (London), 24 May 1889 (Charles Warne collection)
Sotheby (London), 9-10 October 1995
Sotheby (New York), 19 June 1990 (Bunker-Hunt 1: lot 156, inscribed Constantine medallion from the Arras hoard)
Sotheby (New York), 4 December 1990 (Bunker-Hunt 3)
Sotheby (New York), 19-20 June 1991 (Bunker Hunt 4)
Spink Numismatic Circular, June 2000 (extensive Carausius, Allectus and Romano-British sales listing)
Spink, 3 October 2001 (Peter E Davis collection)
Spink, 28 November
2007 (Stoffel Voegelaar collection 1)
Spink, 26 March 2008 (Stoffel Vogelaar collection 2)
Spink, 24 September
2008 (Stoffel Voegelaar collection 3)
Antiquarian
(ie pre 20th century)
Akerman, J Y, A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins, 1834
Akerman, J Y, "The coins of Carausius and Allectus", NC 1 1838/9, pp 127-8
Akerman, J
Y, Coins of the Romans relating to Britain, 1844
Akerman, J Y, "Silver coin of Carausius found at Abingdon", NC 1861, Proceedings pp 3-4
Anon, "Unpublished coins of Carausius and Allectus", Numismatic Journal 1 1836/7, p 264
Anon, "New types of Carausius and Carinus", NC 13 1850/1, p 140
Babbington,
C, “On an unpublished coin of Carausius, obtained in Cambridge: together with two
similar unpublished coins of Allectus”, Cambridge Antiquarian Society’s Communications,
1862(?), pp 3-6
Bergne, J B, "Coin of Carausius, of a new and unpublished type (with full-faced bust)", NC 14 1851/2, pp 150-2
Brice, E C, "Silver coin of Carausius", Numismatic Journal 1 1836/7, pp 203-4
Cove-Jones, J, "Remarkable coin of Carausius", NC 15 1852/3, pp 97-8
De Peyster,
J W, The History of Carausius, 1858
Evans, A, "A silver coin of Carausius from Verulamium", NC 1861, pp 36-7
Evans, J, "Remarks on rare and unpublished coins", NC 15 1852/3, pp 92-7
Evans, J, "Silver coin of Carausius", NC 1861, pp 36-7
Evans, J, "Unpublished coin of Carausius", NC 1861, pp 161-2
Evans, J, "On a legionary coin of Carausius", NC 1861, pp 163-7
Evans, J, "On a small hoard of Roman coins found at Amiens", NC 1890, pp 267-72
Genebrier, C, Histoire de Carausius, 1740
Gough, R, The
History of Carausius, 1762
Kennedy, J,
Dissertation upon Oriuna, 1751
Kennedy, J,
Further observations on Carausius, 1756
King, C W, "Coins of Maximian and Galerius with LON in the exergue, and of Carausius", NC 7 1844/5, pp 200-1
Oman, C, "Maximianus Herculius", NC 1889, p 373
Poste, B, Britannia Antiqua or Ancient Britain brought within the Limits of Authentic History, 1857
Roach-Smith, C, "Coin of Carausius", The Gentleman's Magazine 1837, p 267
Roach-Smith, C, "New and unpublished coins of the type of Carausius", Collectanea Antiqua 2 1852, pp 153-4
Roach-Smith, C, "Coins of Carausius and Allectus", Collectanea Antiqua 4 1857, pp 125-8
Roach-Smith, C, "Coins of Carausius", Collectanea Antiqua 5 1861, pp 152-6
Roach-Smith, C, "Rare and in edited coins", Collectanea Antiqua 5 1861, pp 173-84
Roach-Smith, C, "Coins of Carausius", Collectanea Antiqua 5 1861, pp 241-4
Roach-Smith, C, "Coins of Carausius", Collectanea Antiqua 6 1868, pp 130-5
Stukeley,
W, “Oriuna wife of Carausius, Emperor of Britain”, Palaeographia Britannica 3, 1752
Stukeley,
W, The medallic history of Marcus Aurelius Carausius Emperor in Britain, 1757-9
Warren, ?, "Legionary coin of Carausius", NC 1861, Proceedings pp 7-8