Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-3CADD8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Roman radiate of Carausius, possibly a contemporary copy, (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), reverse: Pax standing left holding vertical sceptre. Measures 15-16mm, die axis 5, legends off flan, slight wear. The O to right of Pax might be from an F O//ML mintmark for London.
Obverse: Radiate cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Pax standing left holding vertical sceptre
This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 287
Date to: Circa AD 293
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 16 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Other reference: Wiltshire Heritage Museum Entry Form no.1441
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Carausius
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: Unattributed
Mint qualifier: Possibly
Obverse description: Radiate bust right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: [ ] O // [ ]
Status: Contemporary copy
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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