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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-D2ED47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
copper-alloy radiate of Carausius dating to the period AD 286-293 (Reece Period 14). [LEG X?]X AVG, Boar standing left. C Mint, - //MC. This coin is unpublished, but the British Museum has a similar piece with the legend LEG XX AVG, Boar left, but with the mintmark - // SNC (British Museum 1920 0618 3A). The overall style of the coins is similar, showing that the MC and SNC mintmark were contemporaneous. This coin has been included in Sam Moorhead's Corpus for RIC.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
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: Circa AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.88 g
Diameter: 23.62 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 15-494
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
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: C mint (Uncertain, England)
Obverse description: Radiate, draped (and cuirassed) right
Obverse inscription: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Boar standing left
Reverse inscription: [LEG X?]X AVG
Reverse mint mark: MC
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Minster Lovell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3009
Four figure Latitude: 51.77886767
Four figure longitude: -1.56655767
1:25K map: SP3009
1:10K map: SP30NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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