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Possible medallion of Carausius obv
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The British Museum, Sam Moorhead, 2015-10-01 12:08:00
Title
Possible medallion of Carausius obv
Description
English: Copper alloy coin or medallion with a diameter of 36mm and a weight of 13.23g.

This piece is incredibly worn. On the obverse there is a faint trace of a bust right which might have the features of Carausius (AD 286-93) - sadly this cannot be captured on a photograph. Although this might seem far-fetched, the British Museum has a medallion of Carausius which measures 38mm in diameter and weighs 13.21g. The BM piece is made of orichalcum (brass) and appears to have been overstruck on an earlier dupondius of the first of second centuries AD. It is just possible that this new find is similar. However, this will always remain speculative. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date between 275 and 296
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FindID: 743292
Old ref: FASAM-D129A5
Filename: DSC08399.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
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/534678
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/534678/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/743292
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