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COIN

Unique ID: NARC3340

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An AE2 of Carausius

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Post AD 287
Date to: Ante AD 293

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 23.56 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2002 - Wednesday 23rd October 2002

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Ruler/issuer: Carausius
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: rad dr bust r
Obverse inscription: --pcarv--------
Reverse description: stng fig
Reverse inscription: illeg
Reverse mint mark: illeg
Status: Contemporary copy

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Lamport (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7675
Four figure Latitude: 52.367789
Four figure longitude: -0.885213
1:25K map: SP7675
1:10K map: SP77NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Sear, D.R.	1988	Roman Coins and their Values		Seaby	305

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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