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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-6F9133
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy Q-radiate of Allectus (AD 293-6), VIRTVS AVG, Galley left with ram, mast and cabin; waves; three or more crew. Mint of London, - // QL. RIC V, pt 2, no. 55. 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 293
Date to: Exactly AD 296
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1988 - Saturday 31st December 1988
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Q radiate
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 14 [275-296]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Obverse description: Radiate and cuirassed right
Obverse inscription: IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG
Reverse description: Galley left with ram, mast and cabin; waves; three or more crew
Reverse inscription: VIRTVS AVG
Reverse mint mark: - // QL
Status: Regular
Coin references
- RIC : V, pt 2 no. 55
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Baston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1113
Four figure Latitude: 52.70330097
Four figure longitude: -0.3586737
1:25K map: TF1113
1:10K map: TF11SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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