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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-720857
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Radiate of Carausius, AD 287-293 (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. Mint of London, L -//ML. RIC V, pt 2, p. 472, cf. 101. 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: AD 287
Date to: AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.63 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1997 - Thursday 1st January 2004
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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
Obverse description: Radiate, draped (and cuirassed) right
Obverse inscription: IMP C?)ARAVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre
Reverse inscription: [PAX] AVG
Reverse mint mark: L -//(ML)
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Status qualifier: Probably
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Woking (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0358
Four figure Latitude: 51.311802
Four figure longitude: -0.523594
1:25K map: TQ0358
1:10K map: TQ05NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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