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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-437278
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14).
Obv. IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed right
Rev. ROMAE AETERNAE (V); Roma seated facing, holding (Victory?) in right hand and (spear or sceptre?) in left, in hexastyle temple.
Mintmark: - // SRS
SRS is an erroneous form of RSR and it appears on a small number of other pieces. The overall style of the coin suggests it is one of the later coins of the silver issue. There are two other know denarii which show Roma in a temple, but they have different legends. This coin is the first of its type to have been recorded.
Notes:
Coin identified with image kindly sent by the Finder
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: 3.74 g
Diameter: 20 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Carausius
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated facing, holding (Victory?) in right hand and (spear or sceptre?) in left, in hexastyle temple
Reverse inscription: ROMAE AETERNAE (V)
Reverse mint mark: - // SRS
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Dilton Marsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8451
Four figure Latitude: 51.25793467
Four figure longitude: -2.23066938
1:25K map: ST8451
1:10K map: ST85SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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