Also recorded as: Louis the Pious solidus; Maughold gold solidus
What the evidence supports
The coin was recovered during nineteenth-century work in the churchyard. The map shows only one shared published church context for this and the later gold-angel record; it does not publish either find-level location within the burial ground.
Location and precision
Approximate area · radius 250 m. Rounded shared published Maughold church context; no grave-level or find-level position is published.
Why this public geometry is safe: The published area identifies only the church context and intentionally merges two historic coin-find locations at map scale.
54.298, -4.317
Rounded shared published Maughold church context; no grave-level or find-level position is published.
Access is not implied
Published church and burial-ground context; no access permission, detecting, investigation or disturbance is authorized.
Legal note
On the Isle of Man, metal-detector use in a protected area requires written Manx National Heritage consent, and digging or excavation on any land to search for archaeological objects requires an MNH licence. Landowner permission alone is not enough.
Sensitivity note
Historical findspot; Religious site; Burial ground
Sources
- IOMHER: Maughold Churchyard gold solidus (0591.00)Official coin identity and historic churchyard discovery context.