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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-5CF181
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper-alloy barbarous radiate, dating to c.. AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). The portrait is most similar to Victorinus, the reverse shows a woman standing left at sacrificing at an altar and holding a palm-branch. There is no clear prototype for the reverse.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Boxford
Subsequent action after recording: In a private collection, recorded for academic use
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 13.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: MD13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Probably
Ruler/issuer: Radiate (Barbarous)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate, bearded bust right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Standing figure left sacrificing at altar (with patera or globe) and holding branch
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Boxford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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