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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D69F46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy cast contemporary copy (limesfalsum) of an as of Maximinus I (AD 235-238), prototype dating to AD 236-237 (Reece Period 11). Reverse type: PAX AVGVSTI S C, Pax standing left. Prototype Mint of Rome. RIC IV part 2, p. 146, cf. no. 83; BMC VI, p. 235, cf. no. 155.
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 236
Date to: Exactly AD 237
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.41 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Reference: Bag F, no. 244
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Obverse inscription: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Reverse description: Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse sceptre
Reverse inscription: PAX AVGVSTI S C
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
RIC Identifier: RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 83
Status: Contemporary Copy (Limesfalsum)
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
- RIC : IV, part 2 p. 146, cf. no. 83
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: Hertsmere (District)
To be known as: Aldenham region
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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