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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-CFBDB5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), [PAX A]VG, Pax standing left with branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of London, S P//MLXXI. RIC V, pt 2, p. 474, cf. 118. This coin has been noted for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
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
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
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: Radiate, (draped and cuirassed?) bust right
Obverse inscription: [IM]P C CARAVSIVS P F [AVG]
Reverse description: Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre
Reverse inscription: [PAX A]VG
Reverse mint mark: S/P//MLXXI
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Cherry Willingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0372
Four figure Latitude: 53.235054
Four figure longitude: -0.458272
1:25K map: TF0372
1:10K map: TF07SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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