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COIN

Unique ID: LIN-DDEE94

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14). PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. S P//C - C Mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 490, no. 301. (Coin 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: Circa AD 286
Date to: AD 293

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.16 g
Diameter: 21 mm

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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: C mint (Uncertain, England)
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Obverse inscription: IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG
Reverse description: Pax left with sceptre
Reverse inscription: PAX AVG
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: S/P//C

Coin references

RIC : V, pt 2 301

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Blankney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0861
Four figure Latitude: 53.135223
Four figure longitude: -0.387105
1:25K map: TF0861
1:10K map: TF06SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A.	1930	Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus	London	Spink and Son Ltd	p.490	301

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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