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Unique ID: WMID-C71A08
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete struck/ hammered copper alloy pre-reform radiate of Maximian I (Maximianus Herculeus) (AD 286-310), dating to AD 290-1 (Reece Period 14), SALVS AVGG, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in arms. Mint of Lugdunum (Lyon), Seventh Series. RIC V pt 2, p. 269, no. 422; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 107, no. 2041 (2 specimens); Bastien, Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon, 285-294, p. 189, no. 409a. (Diameter: 22.5mm; thickness: 1mm; weight: 3.8g). The coin is in a slightly worn and fair condition.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 290
Date to: Exactly AD 291
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985 - Sunday 1st January 2006
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximian I (pre-reform)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG
Reverse description: Salus standing right, feeding snake held in arms
Reverse inscription: SALVS AVGG
Reverse mint mark: - // C
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1962 | Roman Imperial Coinage V Part II: Probus to Amandus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | page 269 | ref no 422 |