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.