Record ID: SF-72D235
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded copper-alloy Greek coin, probably the core of plated contemporary copy of an Athenian tetradrachm, possibly dating to the c.2nd-1st centuries BC. Obverse: [...], Helmeted bust of Athena right. Reverse: A[...], an Owl standing right on an amphora, unclear motifs to the right, all within an olive wreath. This is probably a contemporary irregular copy and shoudl originally have been a silver denomination, presumably now missing its silver plating. The preservation of the coin indicates it has been in the ground for some time and, although a more modern deposition date in Brita…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1147F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman provincial billon tetradrachm of Probus (AD 276-282), dating to the period AD 281-282 (Year 7) (Reece period 14). Reverse type depicting an Eagle standing left, head turned right with wreath in beak, flanked by the letters L-Z. Mint of Alexandria. As BMC Alexandria and the Nomes, p. 315, no. 2431.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.