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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-A1BEEC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), LEG VII CL, bull standing right. Mint of London, - // ML. RIC V, pt 2, p. 469, no. 75. 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: Exactly AD 293
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1984 - Monday 31st December 1984
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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: Londinium
Obverse description: Radiate, draped and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Bull standing right
Reverse inscription: LEG VII CL
Reverse mint mark: - // ML
Status: Regular
Coin references
- RIC : V, pt 2 p. 469,no. 75
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shipton Thorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8443
Four figure Latitude: 53.8764094
Four figure longitude: -0.72379841
1:25K map: SE8443
1:10K map: SE84SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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