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: CORN-1A2BB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Contemporary copper alloy copy of a silver Greek Owl Type A tetradrachm, with head of Athena on obverse and owl on reverse, minted in Athens c.454-431 BC. Coins like these are known and assumed to be contemporary forgeries, originally with silver plating, which has now worn off. These copies are usually described as 'money of necessity' and are associated with the fall of Athens to Sparta at the end of the Peloponnesian War, c.406 BC. There are references in Aristophanes to the use of bronze and scholars have speculated that these coins were produced officially with a bronze core a…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2016
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Record ID: IARCW-63DAE3B7AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
A Drachm of Provincial - Athens (41-193) Reverse: Uncertain Reference: Uncertain
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minchin Hole Cave', grid reference and parish protected.