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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-76A536
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper-alloy Q-Radiate of Allectus (AD 293-6) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS AVG, Boat left with no mast, two steering oars and waves; four armed crew and helmsman. Mint of London, - // QL. RIC V, pt 2, - ; Rogiet Hoard (BNJ 2005), p. 130, no. 1021. This is the second or third example of this particular type recorded. One of the other pieces has four armed crew and helmsman (but from different dies); the other is the same, except only has five armed crew.
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: Circa AD 293
Date to: Circa AD 296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.71 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th October 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Q radiate
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Allectus
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Obverse description: Radiate and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Boat left with no mast, two steering oars and waves; four armed crew and one helmsman
Reverse inscription: VIRTVS AVG
Reverse mint mark: - // QL
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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