Record ID: KENT-6EED42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carthaginian (Punic) copper alloy coin, dating to the late 4th / 3rd century BC. Minted in Sicily or Zeugitana (North Africa) Obverse: Head of Tanit left, the striking is off-set. Reverse: Horse standing right with palm-tree in background. Measurements: Diameter: 15.64mm; thickness: 1.55mm; weight: 59.22g
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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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-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-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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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
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Record ID: KENT-D28379
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age copper-alloy / base silver Siculo-Punic coin, minted in Carthage or Sicily between c. 320 and 280 BC. Obverse: Head of Tanit left wearing wreath and corn ears. Reverse: Horse standing right in front of date palm. The coin is 15.4mm in diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 1.96 grams. This coin does have a silvery appearance and billon coins for this issue have been noted (three are in the Bardo Museum in Tunisia - see Alexandropoulos 2007, p. 367 (cited below). Note also that the dating of this issue is not known for certain and some scholars have dated the ser…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-85BE55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Carthaginian coin, struck at one of several mints in the Punic Empire, probably dating to the late-4th to 3rd centuries BC. Obverse: Head of Tanit left wearing wreath and corn ears, no inscription. Reverse: Horse standing right in front of a date palm, no inscription. Possibly minted in Sicily. Fine or worn condition, slightly irregular flan below chin of Tanit, otherwise a dark green patina with some matt light brown patches of corrosion and pale green verdigris. This green patina could indicate the coin has been buried some time in British soil (thin topsoil over chal…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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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-298BBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Copper 'AE 42' of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), Head of Zeus Ammon right / PTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ; Eagle standing left. BMC Greek, Ptolemies, p. 55, nos. 87-88.
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2016
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Record ID: KENT-904E25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Provincial silver coin struck at Antioch for Trajan Decius (AD 249-51), reverse showing eagle standing right. R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, p. 366, no. 1113
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2018
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