Here is the third edition in a series of blog posts written by our Finds Advisers for ancient coins, Dr. Sam Moorhead and Dr. Andrew Brown. In this series they will explore some of the many (many) ancient coins from the PAS database. Reece Period 17 (AD 330-48) – The period of Britain’s highest coin-loss …more
Category: Roman
Coin Relief – Issue Two
Here is the second edition in a series of blog posts written by our Finds Advisers for ancient coins, Dr. Sam Moorhead and Dr. Andrew Brown. In this series they will explore some of the many (many) ancient coins from the PAS database. So grab yourself a cup of tea and enjoy Issue Two! The …more
Coin Relief – Issue One
This is the first in a new series of blog posts written by our Finds Advisers for ancient coins, Dr. Sam Moorhead and Dr. Andrew Brown. In this series they will explore some of the many (many) ancient coins from the PAS database. So grab yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the first installment. …more
Silver and Silver Working
This is the next in our series of posts on metal-working written by Dr. Kevin Leahy, PAS National Finds Adviser. The articles were first published in The Searcher magazine and are reproduced here with kind permission of Harry Bain, editor for The Searcher. The Mildenhall Treasure is one of the high points of British archaeology. …more
The Fenwick Treasure
This week marks five years since the discovery of a hoard of fine gold and silver Roman jewellery that lay hidden under the floors of a department store on Colchester’s High Street for nearly 2000 years. The hoard included amongst the jewellery, coins of the Republic era, most of which were silver and had been …more
Iron Age and Roman Mirrors from East Anglia
Iron Age Mirrors Iron Age mirrors were elaborately-decorated discs of polished bronze with decorative handles, such as the famous Desborough mirror. In 2010, Jody Joy catalogued 58 examples, mainly from southern England. The earliest mirrors from East Yorkshire date from about 400 BCE, but most others are 1st century BCE-1st century CE. Decorated Iron Age …more
‘Beyond the Vale of York’ conference – Saturday 11th July, York
On Saturday 11th July a fascinating day conference on coin hoarding will take place in York. The joint meeting of the Royal Numismatic Society and the British Numismatic Society will discuss hoarding from the Iron Age all the way through to the Stuart kings of the 17th century. Proceedings will start at 10.20am at the …more
