Record ID: BM-445587
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Greek bronze coin of Amisus (Pontus), dating to the period c.100-85 BC. Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares right. Reverse: AMI-ΣΟΥ either side of a Sword in scabbard, ΔAT monogram at lower left, ATE monogram to right. Cf. SNG IX: The British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, pl. XLIII, no. 1154passim. This coin is most plausibly a modern loss, brought back to Britain over the course of the last couple of centuries rather than a genuinely ancient loss. Without good archaeological context it is impossible to be certain, however the appearance of the coin, its type, a…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-3C0C88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy coin of Ebusus (Ibiza), dating to the late 2nd to early 1st century BC, perhaps c.210-190 BC. Obverse: Bes facing forwards holding hammer and snake. Reverse: Bull butting left. As SNG Morcom 15; see also KENT-0414B2.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonea Grange', grid reference and parish protected.