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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-1F1157
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), IOVI CONSER, Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical sceptre in left. Unattributed Mint, S P // -. RIC V, pt 2 - . This piece has a new variety of reverse legend spelling and is the only coin of its type in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 286
Date to: Exactly AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1983 - Saturday 31st December 1983
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Carausius
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Reverse inscription: IOVI CONSER
Reverse mint mark: - // S P
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Market Weighton Region
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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