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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-4433BA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy Roman radiate, possibly a contemporary copy, of Carausius dating to the period AD 286 - 293 (Reece period 14). PAX AVG reverse type depicting Providentia or Fortuna standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae. Unattributed Mint, no mint mark. RIC V, pt 2, p. 537, cf. 922. 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: Exactly AD 286
Date to: Circa AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM2015-41
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: Unattributed
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Providentia or Fortuna standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae.
Reverse inscription: PAX [AV]G
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Possibly
Coin references
- RIC : V, pt 2 cf 922
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Devizes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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