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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-1C4422
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius dating to AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14), possibly [SALVS AVG]GG, Salus standing left feeding snake at altar and holding vertical sceptre. Mint of London, possibly [S P] MLXXI. RIC V, pt 2, p. 478 - . One, possibly two, coins of this type are recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
The copin appears to be pierced, with an irregular central hole.
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: Exactly AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.15 g
Diameter: 2 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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: [ ] CARAVSIVS (P F AVG?)
Reverse description: Salus standing left feeding snake at altar and holding vertical sceptre in left hand
Reverse inscription: [SALVS AVG?](GG?)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: [S P?] // [M](LXXI?)
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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