Record ID: KENT-542043
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman Provincial bronze coin struck for Hadrian (AD 117-38) at Odessus in Moesia (modern city of Varna in Bulgaria on the western coast of the Black Sea), dating to c.AD 125-128. RPC III, p. 98, no. 772 (three specimens recorded, five on the online version of RPC III). 22mm; 6.5g. Obverse: [ΑΥΤ]ΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΔΡΙ[ΑΝOС]; laureate and draped bust right Reverse: OΔHCEI-TωN; Heracles standing left, resting on club with his right hand, lion skin over left arm Measurements: 22mm in diameter and 6.5g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-9A56A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman provincial bronze coin of Commodus (AD 175-192), dating to the period AD 180-192 (Reece period 9). ΝΙΚ-ΑΙƐΩΝ reverse type depicting the turreted and draped bust of the Nymph Nicaea right. Mint of Nicaea (Bithynia, Turkey). This coin appears to be a genuine British find and is a new type for Commodus, unlisted in RPC IV for Nicaea (although cf. RPC IV Online no. 5648 for a similar type with laureate obverse bust) (V. Heuchert, pers. comm.). Increasing numbers of Roman Provincial coins are being recorded through the PAS, many of which appear to be genuine ancient loss…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: KENT-0414B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A heavily worn copper-alloy coin struck at the Phoenician colony Ebusus (the Balearic island of Ibiza) c.210-c.190s BC, 708; Villaronga pg. 93, 22; SNG Morcom 15. Obverse: Squatting facing Kabeiros/Bas [holding hammer in right hand] and serpent in the left. Reverse: Bull butting left. Reverse is slightly struck off centre. Measurements: 16.23mm in diameter, 2.65mm thick and 2.26g in weight. Discussion: While an apparently odd coin to be found in Kent, it has been noted by Iron Age Kentish Coinage expert David Holman that a small spread of these coins is known from Eastern Kent. …
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F35D4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A silver drachm, posthumous issue of the Indo-Greek (Bactrian) king Hermaios (c.90-70 BC) of the Kabul/Gandhara region (the modern border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan). Obverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ EPMAIOY ('Saviour King Hermaios'), diademed and draped bust right. Reverse: Karosthi inscription (maharajasa tratarasa / heramayasa: 'Saviour King Hermaios'), Zeus enthroned, seated left, holding sceptre in left hand and with right hand outstretched. Monogram in right field. Mint of Alexandria Arachotis. As Mitchiner, vol. 3, pp. 229-31, nos. 214, 215; Bopearachchi series 11 (O. B…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
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Record ID: KENT-E13039
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn copper-alloy coin struck at the Phoenician colony Ebusus (the Balearic island of Ibiza) c.210-c.190s BC, 708; Villaronga pg. 93, 22; SNG Morcom 15. Description: Obverse: Squatting facing Kabeiros/Bas [holding hammer in right hand] and serpent in the left. Reverse: Bull butting left. Reverse is slightly struck off centre. Measurements: 16.13mm in diameter, 2.65mm thick and 2.15g in weight. Discussion: While an apparently odd coin to be found in Kent, it has been noted by Iron Age Kentish Coinage expert David Holman that a small spread of these coins is known fro…
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2018
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Record ID: KENT-F494DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman provincial tetradrachm of Carinus (AD 282-285), dating to the period AD 282-283 (Reece period 14). Reverse type depicting Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae, letters LA to the left. Mint of Alexandria. As Geißen and Weiser, 1983: p. 68, nos. 3172-3173; BMC Greek Alexandria, c.f. 2448. Measurements: 20.51mm in diameter, 5.12mm thick and 7.03g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2017
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