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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-90AA17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy 'Barbarous Radiate', dating to c. AD 275-85 (Reece Period 14) with radiate bust (probably imitating Tetricus I or Victorinus) and Victory(?) standing left holding wreath and palm / vertical sceptre. the coin is oval in shape (19.4 by 11.95mm) with an apparent casting sprue (for the flan) on the left-hand edge; the type is struck.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 275
Date to: Circa AD 285
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.56 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Saturday 31st May 2014
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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: Radiate (Barbarous)
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Victory(?) standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm or vertical sceptre in left
Reverse inscription: [ ... ]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy (Barbarous radiate)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8244
Four figure Latitude: 52.08828534
Four figure longitude: -0.80461686
1:25K map: SP8244
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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