Record ID: LEIC-D02BDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman coin, probably a provincial bronze of Elagabalus (AD 218-222), dating to the period c.AD 218-222 (Reece period 10). Probably ϹƐΛƐΥΚƐΙΑϹ ΠΙΑΙΡΙΑϹ or similar reverse type depicting the front view of temple with four columns, within which the betyl of Zeus Kasios; on roof, eagle; in pediment, star and crescent. Probably mint of Seleucia (Syria). cf. RPC (online) VI, Temp. nos. 8109, 8114-8115, etc.  Diameter: 20 mm Thickness: 4 mm Weight: 6.87 g
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-3BDA01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Provincial coin of Diadumenian (AD 217-8) , minted in Byzantium, Thrace. Obverse, cuirassed bust of emperor right with Greek inscription,[ΔΙΑΔΟV]ΜΕΝΙΑΝΟC Κ, transliterated as DIADOUMENIANOS C. Reverse, a bunch of grapes hanging, [ΒΥΖΑ]ΝΤΙΩΝ surrounding. Ref. SNG Copenhagan Thrace cf. 517 (reverse for coin of Caracalla). Measurements: diameter: 19.48mm; thickness: 3.21mm and weight: 4.39g. This coin is apparently unpublished in any major catalogue, but one piece was found in the Sacred Spring at Bath (Walker 1988, p. 320 and pl. XXXI…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-3C4244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman Provincial coin struck for Philip II (AD 244-9) at Samos; Issue period: AD 244-7 Obv. M IOY ΦIΛΙΠΠOC KAICAP; Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed right, seen from behind Rev. CAMI – ΩN; River God Imbrasos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, elbow resting on overturned water urn from which liquid flows. Roman Provincial Coinage VIII (number to be assigned); Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Accession Number 88.47 British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins, Ionia, p. 387, no. 334
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-A0A637
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman provincial bronze coin of Caracalla (AD 198-217), probably dating to the period c.AD 215-216 (Reece period 10). [EMI](CΩ)N KOΛΩNIAC reverse type depicting an Eagle standing right on baetyl, head turned left, holding wreath in beak, Z above back, (Φ)K below. Mint of Emesa (Syria). cf. SNG Copenhagen no. 310.
Created on: Friday 4th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-0C6F54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman provincial coin, probably a tetradrachm (or similar) of Hadrian (AD 117-138) or possibly Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to the period c.AD 117-138 (Reece period 6). Reverse type depicting Zeus standing left holding vertical sceptre, an eagle at his feet left(?). Mint of Alexandria. This is a large Roman provincial bronze coin struck at the mint of Alexandria. It's patina, combined with its findspot in a garden several years ago, suggest it is quite possible this is not an ancient loss.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-443238
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
IOW2019-7-269. A complete and worn Roman provincial copper-alloy coin of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) struck in Edessa (Mesopotamia) during the reign of Abgar VIII (AD 177-212), dating to the period c. AD 193-211 (Reece period 10). [ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ Β] reverse type depicting draped bust of Abgar (bearded) right wearing diademed tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, to right a sceptre. Mint of Edessa (Mesopotamia). Obverse: ΑΤΟΥ(sic)-[ϹƐΟΥΗΡΟC?]; Laureate head of Septimius Severus right. Reverse: [ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ Β]; Draped bust of Abgar (bearded) right wearing d…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-1FB22D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy coin of the Greek city of Massalia (modern Marseilles), dating to c. 350 - 300BC. Obv. Head of Apollo left Rev. (MA); Bull butting right SNG Copenhagen 43, pl XXXVI, cf. no. 738
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-49682A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Indo-Greek tetradrachm of the Kushan ruler Kujula Kadphises, struck in the Hindu Kush, dating to the period c.AD 40-90. Obverse: [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣTHP]OΣΣV [EP]MAIOV, Diademed bust right with psuedo-Hermaeus legend. Reverse: Karoshti legend (Kujula Kasasa Kushana Yavugasa Dhramathidasa), Hercules standing facing holding club and lion skin. The coin is 22.59mm in diameter, 2.42mm in thickness and weighs 6.56g. As Mitchiner, 1978: p. 389, no. 2844. Examples of Indo-Greek coins have been recorded through the PAS. Some of these may well be genuine ancient losses, howe…
Created on: Friday 1st February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-970D68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman provincial bronze coin of Tityassus (Pisidia), possibly of Trajan Decius (AD 249-251), dating to the period c.AD 249-251 (Reece period 12). [...]CC[...] reverse type depicting a Temple with four columns. Cf. RPC IX (online edition) no. 963 (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/963/). This coin has an extremely corroded flan and is underweight compared to the RPC examples. Its patina and findspot suggest it is a genuine ancient loss, although a more recent loss cannot be ruled out entirely. The coin is 17.3mm diameter, 2.7mm thick and 3.4g.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1872B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman provincial coin (AE 21) of Severus Alexander (AD 221-35), struck at Nicaea in Bithynia, and dating to AD 222- 235 (Reece Period 11). BMC Greek, Pontus etc. (1889), p. 168, cf. no. 100. Obverse: M AVP CEVH AΛEZANΔPOC AVΓ or similar; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: NI-K-A-IE-ΩN between masts of 3 standards
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: WREX-DD6469
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Indo-Greek drachm of Menander (c.160-145 BC) of the Kabul/Gandhara region (the modern border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan). Obverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY ('Saviour King Menander'), diademed and draped bust right. Reverse: Karosthi inscription (maharajasa tratarasa / heramayasa: 'Saviour King Menander'), Athena Alkidemos standing left, holding horizontal shield on outstretched left arm, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, monogram in right field. As Mitchiner, 1978: nos. 1768-1772; Bopearachchi series 13 (O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et ind…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanarmon-yn-lal', 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: 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: HAMP-507702
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy hemidrachm of Ptolemy VI Philometor, first sole reign, dating to the period c.180-170 BC. Obverse depicting the diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. [ΠΤΟ]ΛEMAIΟΥ-BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] reverse type depicting an Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, sceptre across shoulder, lotus flower in left field. Cypriot mint. As Svoronos 1396; SNG Copenhagen 293.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horndean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-07EE32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy coin of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, possibly Ptolemy II (285-246 BC) or similar, dating to the c.3rd to 2nd centuries BC. Obverse depicting the diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. Reverse type depicting an Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, within a dotted border(?). Mint of Alexandria. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 40: pl. VI, nos. 163-166 for similar examples. The coin has a D-shaped cross-section, being flat to the reverse and convex to the obverse.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: NARC-4B53B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Copper-alloy Roman provincial bronze coin, probably of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period c.AD 138-161 (Reece period 7). Reverse type depicting S C within a laurel wreath. Mint of Antioch (Syria). As RPC (online) Vol. IV, no. 6999. Diameter: 23.00mm, Thickness: 3.56mm, Weight: 10.9g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 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: HAMP-DECD4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman provincial copper-alloy coin of Tabae, Caria (Turkey), dating to the period AD 253-268. The edge of the flan has been bent and damaged. This is probably recent damage, the coin appearing to have been disturbed by dredging activity, which would both account for its patina (from a waterlogged context) and also suggest it is likely a genuine ancient loss. Obverse: IEPOC ΔHMOC, youthful, laureate, draped bust right; B before. Reverse: TAB-HNΩN, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Cf. BMC 50; see also SNG Copenhagen nos. 546-547; SNG von Aulock no.2711; S…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-B859FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Roman Provincial coin of the empress Tranquillina (AD 241-44), minted at Sardis in Lydia (AsiaMinor). Obverse inscription:ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛƐΙΝΑ ϹΑ Obverse design: draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina, r. Reverse inscription: ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ Reverse design: Demeter standing l., holding ears of corn and long torch; at her feet, serpent BMC Greek, Lydia, no. 193; RPC Online Volume VII.1, № 242.1 (with thanks to Dario Calomino for his assistance)
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2018
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Record ID: IOW-90F6B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and worn Roman Provincial copper-alloy coin struck for Hadrian (AD 117-38), dating to the period AD 117-38. Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which conical xoanon with star and crescent above; to left and right, flaming torch and column; paved semi-circular walled courtyard in front reverse type. Mint of Sardis, in Lydia (Asia Minor). Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС; Laureate and draped bust right. Reverse: ΠΑΦΙΗ СΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ; Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which conical xoanon with star and crescent above; to left and right, flami…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.