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
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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
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Record ID: IOW-8CFAD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy tetradrachm of Probus (AD 276-282), dating to the period AD 279-280 (Reece period 14). L ε in fields reverse type depicting eagle standing left, head right. Mint of Alexandria. Obverse: A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CEB; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: L ε in fields; Eagle standing left, head right Diameter: 19.5mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 6.82g. DA=12:5. A. Geissen, W. Weiser, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermunzen der Sammlung des Instituts fur Altertumskunde der Universitat zu Koln, vol. 4, p. 58, no. 3145.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2016
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Record ID: IOW-B53D7A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and worn Macedonian bronze of Alexander the Great, dating to the period 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint. Obverse: Head of Herakles right. No legend Reverse: Club, quiver and bow, thunderbolt above. Uncertain legend Diameter: 17.7mm. Weight: 5.83g. DA=12:11. Reference: M. J. Price, The Coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. A British Museum Catalogue, Zurich/London, 1991, cf. p. 118, nos. 275-276.
Created on: Friday 11th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2016
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Record ID: IOW-4C0444
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A Greek and Roman provincial copper-alloy tetradrachm of Carinus dating to the period AD 282 to 285, minted in Alexandria. Reece period 14. Cf. Curtis (1990) Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, p. 161, no. 1909 passim. Obverse: Laureate head right; AKMAKA [...] Reverse: Eagle standing left, head turned back, wreath in beak, lamda gamma in right hand field; [...]
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.