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Unique ID: PUBLIC-D69F46
Object type certainty: Certain
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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.
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 236
Date to: Exactly AD 237
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.41 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Other reference: Finders Reference: Bag F, no. 244
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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