Record ID: FASAM-F55282
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An inscribed Roman stone stilus sharpener / whetstone. The stone is fine-grained green (slate?). The piece is 46.7mm long, 21.7mm wide and 8.2mm deep. There is a deep groove along the upper face where the stilus would be sharpened. The Latin inscription on the front face is: [M?]ΛNDΛCVS MATTΛVI which probably translates as 'Mandacus(?), son of Mattavus'. It is a possible Celtic / British name and patronym.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Saturday 12th May 2018
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Record ID: FASAM-F660E7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Hexagonal piece of bronze, possibly a cut down sestertius. There are possible traces of a coin design on both sides. On the ?reverse there are two counterstamps, one quite clear, the other faint. It probably dates to c. AD 100-300. It measures 24 by 31mm and weighs 23.11gms. It appears to have a die axis of 6 or 12 and is very worn. Obverse: possibly traces of bust right Reverse: possibly a standing figure; one clearer oval counterstamp (9/11mm) of incuse dots around ?clasped hands or bird; one very faint counterstamp with part of an incuse dotted border. The piece does requi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Record ID: FASAM-006036
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular fragment of a Roman tile c. 65mm by 80mm by 90mm, and 31mm thick, stamped with a mark for Legio II [Augusta] - CFG II [ ] = LEG II [ ]. It weighs 150g. It is known that by the late 4th century Legio II Augusta was based at Richborough (Rutupiae) in Kent (information from the Notitia Dignitatum). This tile, found in close proximity to Richborough does support the literary evidence. However, The Notitia does not suggest when the legion moved to Richborough from Wales. A significant number of coins struck by Carausius (AD 286-93) for Legio II Augusta were found in the Richb…
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2016
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Record ID: FASAM-E213A2
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze plaque for the empeors Valerian and Gallienus (253-60), inscribed: AV KAI ΠOΠΛC ΛIKINI BAΛ[ ] ΠOΠΛ ΓAΛ H To the left, facing right: incuse portraits of Salonina and Gallienus To the right, facing left: incuse portraits of Valerian and and younger Caesar (Valerian II or Saloninus) Because the inscription reads correctly on the object it does not appear to be a seal.
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Near Salisbury'', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: FASAM-F697CA
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Several oyster shells, assumed to have been imported in the Roman period.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Record ID: FASAM-1C2AB3
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bimetallic - brass and copper - medallion of Commodus (AD 180-92), Rome, 10th-31st December 192. Obv. L .AELIVS.AVRELIVS.COMMODVS AVG PIVS FELIX; head of Commodus left, wearing lion-skin, tied at neck. Rev. HERCVLI ROMANO AVG P M TR P XVIII COS VII P P; Hercules standing facing, head left, resting on club and holding dead Nemean lion by rear paw. Die axis - 12 References: Gnecchi Medaglioni Romani, nos 33/32 - obv and rev dies Gobl, Moneta Imperii Romani 18, 1165-1/73 BantiI, I grandi bronzi imperiali 112/107 - obv and rev dies Triton XIII Sale (Classica…
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2011
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Record ID: FASAM-D129A5
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy coin or medallion with a diameter of 36mm and a weight of 13.23g. This piece is incredibly worn. On the obverse there is a faint trace of a bust right which might have the features of Carausius (AD 286-93) - sadly this cannot be captured on a photograph. Although this might seem far-fetched, the British Museum has a medallion of Carausius which measures 38mm in diameter and weighs 13.21g. The BM piece is made of orichalcum (brass) and appears to have been overstruck on an earlier dupondius of the first of second centuries AD. It is just possible that this new find is s…
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2016
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Record ID: FASAM-6FB60D
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy medallion of Carus (AD 282-3). Mint of Rome. Obv. IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed (deocorated breastplate) right Rev. MONETA AVGGG; Three Monetae standing left, each holding scales and cornucopiae Gnecchi vol. II, p. 120 / pl. 122, no. 1 This record is taken from a short article written by R. W. Higginbottom in Spink's Numismatic Circular (July-August 1977), p. 309. There are ten known medallions of Carus, including the one in the British Museum (noted above). R. A. G. Carson, Keeper of Coins at the British Museum, assisted in…
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
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Record ID: FASAM-90AC74
Object type: COIN MOULD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic / terracotta coin mould for the production of forgeries of Roman coins. It is probably the mould for the reverse of a Severan period denarius (c. AD 193-235), although it is possible that it is for the reverse of a radiate (c. 260-96) - it is not for a 4th century nummus. The mould is cylindrical. The coin impression is just below centre. Above it are two impressions, apparently for lugs from the mould for the obverse of the coin. Between the impressions is a funelled channel to allow the flow of molten metal into the mould. The mould is of considerable size, a good dea…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: FASAM-D29D5E
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy piece 11.48mm in diameter and 1.14g in weight. One side is convex, the other flat. It is possible that it is blank for a Roman period contemporary copy of a coin, prepared by dropping molten metal on to the flat surface. However, it was never struck. If it is a blank, it probably dates to c. AD 275-402.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Record ID: FASAM-74A7C2
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy coin blank, possibly for a barbarous radiate dating to the period AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). The blank is flat and circular in shape and measures 18mm in diameter. It weighs 3.2g. This is very important evidence for the striking of counterfeit coinage at Piercebridge during the Roman period.
Created on: Friday 24th August 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2012
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Record ID: FASAM-7531E2
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A globule of base-silver, possibly a cast forger's blank. The globule is approximately circular in plan and hemispherical in section. It has a diameter of 12mm.
Created on: Friday 24th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2013
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Record ID: FASA-AD7CF0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: FASAM-760ED5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A base-silver radiate of Gordian III dating to the period AD 241 to 243 (Reece period 12). VIRTVTI AVGVSTI reverse type depicting Hercules standing right. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, Pt III, p. 25, no. 95.
Created on: Friday 24th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2013
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Record ID: FASA-DAA823
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: FASAM-9BACA4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate or nummus,, dating to c. AD 260-402, illegible
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-47C656
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus, contemporary copy, of Constantius II (AD 337-61), overstruck on a House of Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS nummus of AD 330-5. The overstrike was probably performed c. 355-61. Reece Period 18
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NW Hampshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-BE66A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (139-61), PIETAS AVG, Sacrificial Implements, Rome, AD 140-4. RIC III 424a. Reece 7
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Polegate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-1A1095
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead contemporary copy of a radiate coin of Tetricus I (271-4), [?LAETITIA AVG]G; Laetitia left. c.f Normanby 1515-6. This is one of three lead radiates found in close proximity, suggesting a forger's workshop - see WMID-6CA246 and WMID-1EBA70. This coin has been kindly donated to the British Museum, along with WMID-1EBA70, by Mr Steve Wright and the landowner, Mrs K Dill.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Idlicote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-EE6DD7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy sestertius of Postumus, 260-69, Gaul, Principal Mint, VICTORIA AVG. RIC V, pt 2, p. 352, no. 171. Reece 13
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postling Area', grid reference and parish protected.