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COIN
Unique ID: SF3720
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), EXPECTATE VENI, Britannia and Emperor standing clasping hands (but other way round from RIC version). Approx 1/5 broken off. Mintmark: [RSR]; commonly attributed to London, but to be studied further. RIC V, pt 2, p. 510, no. 554var. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 286
Date to: AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Carausius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Possibly
Obverse description: Laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Britannia standing left, clasping the hand of the emperor, standing right. Reverse of RIC 554, where the figures stand the other way around.
Reverse inscription: [E]XPECTATE V[ENI]
Reverse mint mark: //[RSR] (but lost in break)
Coin references
- RIC : V, pt 2 p. 510, no 554var
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK BADINGHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.510 | 554 var |
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