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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-197ED0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93), overstruck on a radiate of Postumus (AD 260-9), possibly Laetitia reverse. Reece Period 14
Obverse: ...ARAVSIVS... (blundered); Radiate, draped and cuirassed right; traces of reverse of Postumus undertype
Reverse: Possibly: [LAETI](TIA) [ ]; Female standing left holding branch in right hand and anchor or sceptre in left; IMP C PO[ ] and Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus right from undertype
Mintmark: -//[ ], but probably an unmarked issue
Image was sent by the finder. This coin is included in 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: Exactly AD 286
Date to: Exactly AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980 - Monday 1st January 1990
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Carausius
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right; traces of reverse of undertype of Postumus
Obverse inscription: ...ARAVSIVS... (blundered)
Reverse description: Female figure standing left holding branch and anchor or sceptre; undertype shows radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus right
Reverse inscription: Possibly [LAETI](TIA)[ ]; undertype shows IMP C PO[ ]
Reverse mint mark: -//[ ]
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Near Dover
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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