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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-1EE27C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), IVSTITIA AVG, Justitia seated left on throne, holding (globe?) and vertical sceptre. C Mint, - // C. sceptre. RIC V, pt 2. Two other specimens of this general type are in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC, one with Justitia seated on a wheel, the other with her on a shield. This rare coin is therefore a new variety.
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: Exactly AD 286
Date to: Exactly AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.3 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999 - Friday 31st December 1999
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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
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: C mint (Uncertain, England)
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: (IMP CAR)AVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Justitia seated left on throne, holding (globe?) in right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Reverse inscription: (IVS)TITIA AVG
Reverse mint mark: - // C
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Newark on Trent Region
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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