Record ID: HESH-4F2CD7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Alexandrian tradrachm of Aurelian (270-275AD) dating to the period AD 271 to 275. Obv: Laureate, draped bust right. AKADOM AVRELIANO SSEB (translated from Greek characters) Rev: Eagle standing, wings open right, wreath in beak; to right Lamda Episilon Reece Period: 13 References: Curtis (1990) p. 154, no. 1779. BMC 3376. Notes: Alexandrian billon tetradrachm (i.e. a base silver 4 drachma coin struck in Alexandria in Egypt) were issued under the Roman emperors for (roughly) the first 3 centuries AD, getting progressively baser and smaller. These…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hereford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-F4BFB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Alexandrian billon tetradrachm (i.e. a base silver 4 drachma coin struck in Alexandria in Egypt). These coins were issued under the Roman emperors for (roughly) the first 3 centuries AD, getting progressively baser and smaller. These coins usually have the bust of an emperor (occasionally a wife or son) on the obverse and assorted Classical or Egyptianising themes on the reverse. They exist because the emperors treated Egypt like a private estate and it kept its own currency system right through to the 290's
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.