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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-C41DB4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Roman copper alloy radiate of Diocletian (AD 284-305), dating to AD 286 (Reece Period 14). IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG reverse type, depicting Jupiter, standing left, holding a thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left. Mint of Lugdunum (Lyons), Second Series. RIC V part 2, p. 225, no. 43; Gloucester Hoard (CHRB XIII), p. 99, no. 1818 (72 specimens); Bastien, Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon, p. 125, no. 54. Traces of a white metal coating on obverse and reverse.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

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 286

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 19.9 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 23/1/19-1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Radiate (antoninianus)
Denomination qualifier: Possibly
Ruler/issuer: Diocletian (pre-reform)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right, seen from behind
Obverse inscription: IM[P] [C C] [V](A)L DIOCL(E)TIA(N)V[S] [P F] A(V)G
Reverse description: Jupiter, standing left, holding a thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left.
Reverse inscription: (I)OVI CO[NS]ERVAT A[V]GG
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Reverse mint mark: B - // -
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

RIC : V, pt 2 p. 225, no. 43
CHRB : XIII p. 99, no. 1818
Bastien : Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon no. 54

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chirton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0755
Four figure Latitude: 51.29408805
Four figure longitude: -1.90099328
1:25K map: SU0755
1:10K map: SU05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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