File:Carausius radiate overstruck on Postumus reverse (FindID 550176).jpg

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Carausius radiate overstruck on Postumus reverse
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All rights reserved, Sam Moorhead, 2013-03-14 09:34:00
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Carausius radiate overstruck on Postumus reverse
Description
English: Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93), overstruck on a radiate of Postumus (AD 260-9), possibly Laetitia reverse. Reece Period 14

Obverse: ...ARAVSIVS... (blundered); Radiate, draped and cuirassed right; traces of reverse of Postumus undertype

Reverse: Possibly: [LAETI](TIA) [ ]; Female standing left holding branch in right hand and anchor or sceptre in left; IMP C PO[ ] and Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus right from undertype

Mintmark: -//[ ], but probably an unmarked issue

Image was sent by the finder. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 275 and 296
Accession number
FindID: 550176
Old ref: FASAM-197ED0
Filename: 1P.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/419892/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/550176
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