Record ID: SWYOR-6662E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A base silver Roman coin: a radiate of Carausius, dating from AD 286 - 293 (Reece period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch and (vertical) sceptre. Unattributed Mint. The obverse legend appears to be IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV, although there might be a G at the end. A large part of the edge of the coin has been chipped away and is missing. The remaining portion is 23.1mm in diameter and 1.9mm thick. It weighs 3.09gm. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 28th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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