Record ID: LVPL-0D5EEF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Billon trachea (base-silver trachy) of the Byzantine Empire, dating to c. AD 1204-61. Struck at Constantinople Obverse: [ ]: The Virgin Mary enthroned Reverse: [ ]: Emperor standing, holding labarum in right hand Sear p. 414, cf. no. 2044 Discussion It is often debated whether Byzantine coins are ancient or modern losses. Boon (1958) lays out the criteria for acceptance of a Byzantine coin as a genuine ancient loss. First, clear evidence of provenance is essential. This should be combined with independent confirmation that the site was occupied at or shortly aft…
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-50981A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy early eleventh century Byzantine nummus, anonymous, obverse facing bust of Christ, reverse cross. c.AD. 1000-1050.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-0ECC7D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman / Byzantine provincial coin, a follis (40 nummi) of Justin II (AD 565-578), dating to the period AD 574-578. The obverse depicts Justin and Sophia enthroned [...]NVS PP [...], the reverse depicts the letter M (for 40 nummi) with ANNO to the left and X [..] to the right (giving the regnal year), a cross above the M and an epsilon for the 5th officiana below. In the exergue; CON for the mint of Constantinople.
Created on: Friday 29th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-717A72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-alloy Byzantine aspron trachy nomisma of the Emperor Alexios III Angelos, dating to AD 1195-1203. Obverse: nimbate Bust of Christ. Reverse: Alexios on left and St. Constantine on right, standing. Constantinople mint. Ref. M. Hendy, Dumbarton Oaks Coins vol. 4.1, p. 413, var D (illustrated as 3h for this emperor).
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gisleham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80689D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A somewhat worn modified silver half-siliqua of Justinian I (AD 527-565) dating to c. AD 552-565. Obverse: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, [....]ANVS P AVG. Reverse: staurogram on globe flanked by two stars, all within a laurel wreath (no legend). Mint of Ravenna. C.f DOC 339, Ranieri 361. This coin appears to have been turned into a pendant, demonstrating two adjacent sub-circular perforations directly behind the bust. Date: c. AD 552-565 Dimensions: Diameter: 13.87mm, weight: 0.77g. Discussion: The use of Byzantine coins as jewellery/pendants is r…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7403B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Byzantine copper alloy follis of Justinian I (527-565 AD) dating to AD 538 to 539. Denomination (M) reverse type. Minted at Nikomedia. The condition suggests this find fhad not been on the beach long and the condition and patina suggest a modern import.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-B2F5CF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver drachm of Khosrow II (also known as Khusro II, Chosroes II or Khusraw Parvēz), Sasanian king in Iran, AD 590-628. Mint LAM= Ram Hormuz in southwestern Iran. Obverse: Crowned bust of Khosrow II facing right, Zoroastrian astrological symbols: stars and crescents around perimeter. Reverse: Holy fire-altar flanked by two attendants, monograms/ Zoroastrian astrological symbols. Similar drachms on the database are LVPL2174 and LEIC-BF6164. Gareth Williams pers com "It's not impossible that such a coin could have reached England in Viking hands. There was a Byzantine coin…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8A6A62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Byzantine pentanummium/five nummi coin of unknown Emperor, dating to c. AD 512-602. The obverse depicts a bust of an Emperor facing right. The reverse depicts the Greek letter epsilon or number 5, referring to the denomination of 5 nummi. Mint unknown. Thanks are given to Sam Moorhead for the identification of this coin.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-59E617
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy half follis of Justin II, AD 565-578. Reverse: ANNO; above K, Δ?; below K; Δto right, I (I?); Large K. Reece period 24.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-482D97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Byzantine Anonymous Follis Class B attributed to Romanus III (AD 1028-34). IS IX / bAS-ILE / bASILE in angles of a cross reverse type. Mint of Constantinople. Sear, Byzantine Coins and their values, p. 377, no. 1823
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-CA27A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Byzantine follis, probably of Constans II, AD 641-668?, possibly dating to c. AD 641-50. Probably Mint of Constantinople. The obverse shows the emperor facing holding a long cross (or similar) and a cross on globe. The reverse is probably a large M, traces of which might be visible. The coin is probably an overstrike on a very crudely cut flan and is worn. W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini Vol III (Vienna 1981), pl. 28, cf. 162ff.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-1C328B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface copper-alloy disc, probably representing an insert from an Early-Medieval pendant. The decorated surface of this disc is a direct copy of the reverse design on a gold histamenon of Byzantine empress Theodora (1055-1056) and is also the same diameter as the original coin. On the left of the design is the standing figure of Theodora and on the right is the Virgin Mary, both facing forwards. The empress wears a crown, saccos and loros, whilst the Virgin is nimbate and clad in pallium and maphorium. Between the two figures, and held by both, is a labarum. The legend reads: +…
Created on: Friday 5th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Graveley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0BF1DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy coin of uncertain type, possibly a Byzantine coin of uncertain Emperor, c.5th-10th centuries AD? The coin has a flattened oval shaped flan that has been folded at one end, with one face illegible due to post-depositional damage and wear. This is possibly a core from a plated gold(?) Byzantine coin rather than a copper-alloy coin.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-EF7429
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy half follis of Justinian I (527-65) Mint of Constantinople, AD 550-1 Obv. (D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG or similar); Facing crowned and cuirassed bust, holding cross on globe Rev. Large K; to left ANNO; to right X II II; above, cross; below, unclear officinal letter
Created on: Monday 16th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-376CA1
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five copper alloy Roman and Byzantine Coins. 1. Alexandrain tetradrachm of Maximiamus AD286-7 Obverse: ]IMAIANOC CEB; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Elpis walking left holding flower and raising skirt. Star in right field above. 6.6g, 18mm in diameter. 2. 12 nummi of Alexandria under Maurice Tiberius 582-602 Obverse: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust. M O - blundered legend Reverse: Uncertain as heavily corroded but probably as nos 3-5. 4.9g, 16mm in diameter. 3. 12 nummi of Alexandria under Maurice Tiberius 582-602. Obve…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-F1C3E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy decanummium of Justinian I (AD 527-65) Mint of Carthage, AD 540/1 Obv. [D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG]; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed right Rev. Large I; above, cross; to left, ANNO; to right X / IIII Mintmark; -//[CA]R MIBE I, p. 160, no. 199; BMC 390-3;
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-F1AD16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base-silver (billon) trachy of the Latin Rulers of Constantinople (AD 1204-61) Constantinople Obv. [IC XC]; Facing bust of Christ, nimbate Rev. [A X / A M]; The Archangel Michael standing facing Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue IV, p. 683, 16.1ff.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-26FAC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus (or follis) of uncertain Byzantine emperor, Anonymous type of Class C, attributed to Michael IV, weight 8.91g, 1010-41
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-2ED3E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy half follis of Heraclius (AD 610-41), mint unclear (but possibly Constantinople). The coin has been double-struck which is not unusual for coins of this reign. Obverse: Standing figures of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine facing Reverse: Large K, to left ANNO; to right, star and unclear date numeral MIBE cf 171 for possible type.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-064213
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An anonymous follis, class A2, attributed to Basil II or Romanus III, AD 976-1034. Die axis probably 8 o'clock, weight is 8.14g, diameter is 32.46mm and thickness is 2.04mm. The coin has a sub-rectangular perforation that measures 4.02mm x 3.01mm. Both sides of the flan are worn. One side seems to show a haloed bust forward facing. The other side of the flan probably originally had four lines of writing across the centre of the flan, the line closest to the perforation is extrememly worn leaving three that are visible but now illegible. The edges of the perforation bend outwards on …
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.