Record ID: WREX-899AB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copy, in a white metal, of a complete Tetradrachm of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid Kingdom, c 121-96BC, of uncertain date. On the obverse, the diademed head of Antiochus VIII, right. On the reverse the standing figure of Zeus Ouranios, naked left, holding a star and sceptre, with a crescent above the head.  The legend reads BASILAEZS ANTIOXOY EPIFANOYS to the right and left of Zeus.  IE over A in the left field. Measurements: Diameter: 27.2mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 13.42g.  Die axis: 12
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: CORN-132899
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander III (356-323 BC), posthumous issue dating to c. 311-305 BC. Mint of Babylon.  Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre Mintmark: MI and sickle - // monogram in wreath (under throne) Price M, J. , The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (1991), p. 479, cf. no. 3768
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Minver Lowlands CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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: WILT-545F77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Greek imperial copper alloy tetradahcm, probably of Probus, probably dating to AD 276-282. Probably mint of Alexandria.
Created on: Friday 8th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
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Record ID: WILT-542BDA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Greek imperial copper alloy tetradahcm of Probus, dating to AD 276-282. Probably mint of Alexandria.
Created on: Friday 8th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-450BED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Greek imperial copper alloy tetradachm of Diocletian, dating to AD 294-300. Reverse depicting Nike advancing right holding wreath, L to left. Mint of Alexandria.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
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Record ID: WILT-4495BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Greek imperial copper alloy tetradachm of Probus, dating to AD 279. Reverse depicting Eirene standing left, to left L. Mint of Alexandria. cf. Milne 4550.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 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: 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: KENT-F494DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman provincial tetradrachm of Carinus (AD 282-285), dating to the period AD 282-283 (Reece period 14). Reverse type depicting Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae, letters LA to the left. Mint of Alexandria. As Geißen and Weiser, 1983: p. 68, nos. 3172-3173; BMC Greek Alexandria, c.f. 2448. Measurements: 20.51mm in diameter, 5.12mm thick and 7.03g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2017
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Record ID: SF-1147F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman provincial billon tetradrachm of Probus (AD 276-282), dating to the period AD 281-282 (Year 7) (Reece period 14). Reverse type depicting an Eagle standing left, head turned right with wreath in beak, flanked by the letters L-Z. Mint of Alexandria. As BMC Alexandria and the Nomes, p. 315, no. 2431.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-14825E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy, Roman, Tetradrachum of Claudius II Gothicus (AD 268 - AD 270). Uncertain reverse type, depicting an Eagle right, head turned left with wreath in beak, dating to Year I of Claudius II reign, AD 268 - AD 269 (Reece Period: 13). Mint of Alexandria. Milne (1933), page 101, No 4225, or Christiansen (1991), page 101, No 3358 or 3359. Diameter: 21.5 mm Thickness: 4.9 mm Weight: 10.5 g Ref Milne, J, G, 1933, 'Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum', Oxford University Press, London Christiansen, E (1991) 'Coins of Alexandria and the Nomes'…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-9EE89B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman provincial billon tetradrachm of Probus (AD 276-82), the reverse depicting an eagle standing left, head right; wreath in beak. The letters L B are to either side. Mint of Alexandria, issued during the second year of his reign (AD 276-7, Reece period 14). BMC Alexandria and the Nomes, p. 315, no. 2427.
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soberton', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B7B922
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman provincial billon tetradrachm of Probus dating to the period AD 281 - 282 (Reece period 14). Reverse type depiciting eagle standing left, head right with wreath in beak flanked by the letters L Z. Mint of Alexandria. See BMC Alexandria, p. 315, no. 2431.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sticklepath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-1A2BB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Contemporary copper alloy copy of a silver Greek Owl Type A tetradrachm, with head of Athena on obverse and owl on reverse, minted in Athens c.454-431 BC. Coins like these are known and assumed to be contemporary forgeries, originally with silver plating, which has now worn off. These copies are usually described as 'money of necessity' and are associated with the fall of Athens to Sparta at the end of the Peloponnesian War, c.406 BC. There are references in Aristophanes to the use of bronze and scholars have speculated that these coins were produced officially with a bronze core a…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-782305
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Published
Possibly tetradrachm of an uncertain emperor, dating to the second half of the 3rd century AD. Possibly mint of Alexandria.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
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Record ID: KENT-904E25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Provincial silver coin struck at Antioch for Trajan Decius (AD 249-51), reverse showing eagle standing right. R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, p. 366, no. 1113
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2018
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Record ID: BERK-CC3A37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman provincial tetradrachm, probably of Probus and dating to the period AD 276-282. Reece period 14. Mint of Alexandria (Egypt). BMC Greek, Alexandria, p314, cf. 2425-6.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wokingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-171C02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Greek Imperial billon tetradrachm of Diocletian, minted at Alexandria AD 294/5, regnal year 11 (Reece period 14). Measures 17-18mm, weighs 7.07g, die axis 11, has some wear. Reference: Milne 5158
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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