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COIN

Unique ID: SOMDOR662

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Laureate silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93), CON [ ]VG[ ], Emperor and female figure at altar. Previously unrecorded type (confirmed by Richard Abdy, British Museum). Unattributed Mint. See RIC V, pt 2, no. 547, no. 1074 for similar mintmark. This is the only silver coin of this type recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.

Notes:

PAL 748

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: National importance

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: Thursday 1st January 1998

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

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: Unattributed
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV
Reverse description: Female figure (Concordia or Britannia?) standing left, handing globe to emperor standing right; between them, an altar
Reverse inscription: CON[ ... ] VC [ ... ]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: -//[+?]++

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET CHILTON TRINITY

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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