Record ID: LANCUM-842FFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unit of Syracuse under Hieron II dated to 275-216BC Obverse - bust of Poseidon left Reverse - Ornamental trident (with dolphins on either side); [IEPΩNOΣ]; letters in field not visible Thanks to Sam Moorhead for the identification and to the finder for the photographs
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Irton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-6EED42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carthaginian (Punic) copper alloy coin, dating to the late 4th / 3rd century BC. Minted in Sicily or Zeugitana (North Africa) Obverse: Head of Tanit left, the striking is off-set. Reverse: Horse standing right with palm-tree in background. Measurements: Diameter: 15.64mm; thickness: 1.55mm; weight: 59.22g
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-770832
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin of Domitian as Caesar (AD 69-79) (Reece Period 4), struck at Antioch in ancient Syria durng the reign of Vespasian. Obv. DOMITIANVS CAESAR; Laureate head left Rev. Large S C in laureal wreath Diameter: 21.45mm, weight: 7.84g. Roman Provincial Coinage II, p. 288, no. 2017.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-EE3AF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman provincial coin of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) struck at Nicopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior. Obv. AV KAI CEVHPOC or similar; Laureate head right Rev. NIKITΩN ΠPOC ICTP or similar; Crescent and star BMC  Greek, The Tauric Chersonese etc (1877), p. 43, cf. no. 17
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: FASAM-43BA36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a holding record until access to British Museum library and collection: Carthaginian (Punic) copper alloy coin, dating to the late 4th / 3rd century BC. Minted in Sicily or Zeugitana (North Africa) Obv. Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn, wearing necklace and triple-drop ear-ring. Rev Horse standing right with palm-tree in background. To right, three pellets. Holding reference: Sear p. 596, no. 6444.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Last updated: Monday 12th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-29F8AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin of the Seleucid kingdom (Anatolia / Syria / Mesopotamia), probably of Antiochus VIII Grypos and dating to the late 2nd century BC. Obverse: radiate and diademed head of king right within beaded border. Reverse: eagle standing left with wings closed, illegible Greek text to either side (most likely BAΣІΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ or BASILEVS ANTIOCHOS THEOS EPIPHANOES). Probably mint of Antioch.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-5D7D22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy Indo-Greek coin from the Kushan Empire, dating to the mid-3rd century AD. It is 19mm in diameter, 2mm thick, and weighs 5.02g. On one side is a facing standing figure (crowned, diademed king standing facing, nimbate, holding trident and sacrificing at alter at left), on the other, Oesho or Wesho standing facing, holding trident and diadem, Bull Nandi left behind. The coin is probably a Kushanshah issue imitating the earlier types of Vasudeva I (cf. for Vasudeva I https://www.antiquesinternational.co.uk/kushan-dynasty-vasudeva-i-145-172-shiva-coin-copper-u…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1872B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman provincial coin (AE 21) of Severus Alexander (AD 221-35), struck at Nicaea in Bithynia, and dating to AD 222- 235 (Reece Period 11). BMC Greek, Pontus etc. (1889), p. 168, cf. no. 100. Obverse: M AVP CEVH AΛEZANΔPOC AVΓ or similar; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: NI-K-A-IE-ΩN between masts of 3 standards
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-B859FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Roman Provincial coin of the empress Tranquillina (AD 241-44), minted at Sardis in Lydia (AsiaMinor). Obverse inscription:ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛƐΙΝΑ ϹΑ Obverse design: draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina, r. Reverse inscription: ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ Reverse design: Demeter standing l., holding ears of corn and long torch; at her feet, serpent BMC Greek, Lydia, no. 193; RPC Online Volume VII.1, № 242.1 (with thanks to Dario Calomino for his assistance)
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-11EC17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Greek copper alloy AE unit of Massalia dating to the period c200 to c1 BC. Obverse shows the head of Apollo facing right. Reverse shows a bull butting right, MAΣΣ above, uncertain working in exergue below. Cf SNG UK 1000, 34/35. The mint is Masslia. The diameter is 14mm, and the weight is 1.9g. The reverse inscription is MAΣΣ.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2017
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-D28379
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age copper-alloy / base silver Siculo-Punic coin, minted in Carthage or Sicily between c. 320 and 280 BC. Obverse: Head of Tanit left wearing wreath and corn ears. Reverse: Horse standing right in front of date palm. The coin is 15.4mm in diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 1.96 grams. This coin does have a silvery appearance and billon coins for this issue have been noted (three are in the Bardo Museum in Tunisia - see Alexandropoulos 2007, p. 367 (cited below). Note also that the dating of this issue is not known for certain and some scholars have dated the ser…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-85BE55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Carthaginian coin, struck at one of several mints in the Punic Empire, probably dating to the late-4th to 3rd centuries BC. Obverse: Head of Tanit left wearing wreath and corn ears, no inscription. Reverse: Horse standing right in front of a date palm, no inscription. Possibly minted in Sicily. Fine or worn condition, slightly irregular flan below chin of Tanit, otherwise a dark green patina with some matt light brown patches of corrosion and pale green verdigris. This green patina could indicate the coin has been buried some time in British soil (thin topsoil over chal…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-298BBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Copper 'AE 42' of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), Head of Zeus Ammon right / PTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ; Eagle standing left. BMC Greek, Ptolemies, p. 55, nos. 87-88.
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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

Record ID: PUBLIC-7CBF16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy unit of Carthage, c. 215-201 BC Obv. Head of Tanit left Rev. Horse standing right, (head left) J. Alexandropoulos, Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (2007), p. 386, cf. 69bis SNG Copenhagen, pl. 15, cf. nos. 397-8
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-0739C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unit of the Carthaginians (Punic) Mint of Carthage, c. 220-205 BC Obv. Head of Tanit left Rev. Horse standing right, head turned back; to left of head, star J. Alexandropoulos, Les Monnaies de l'Arique antique (2007), p. 384, no. 88
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FASAM-0B7712
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy coin of Gordian III (AD 238-44), struck at Nicopolis-ad-Istrum (in Moesia Inferior). The obverse legend is illegible, but the emperor is identified fromt he style of bust. The reverse inscription records the piece as coming from Nicopolis. The reverse type might be unpublished, but we will not know until a better example of this issue is found (either from a hoard or as a site-find, or in a publication that has not been consulted), but probably shows Hermes standing left.
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-73C2A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper coin (20mm) of the Carthaginians, struck at one of several mints in the Punic Empire, including Carthage and cities on Sardinia, 300-264 BC. Obverse: head of Tanit left; Reverse: horse's head right. cf SNG Copenhagen, no. 144ff. J. Alexandropoulos, Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (2009), p. 375 no. 57. This is one of a number of Carthaginian coins recorded on the PAS Database, with findspots from Hampshire around to Lincolnshire.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Bath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D39461
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unit of an unclear ruler, horse reverse type, struck at Carthage 300-100 BC.
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Funtington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A94C87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy unit of Carthage, struck in Sardinia, c. 300-264 BC; Horse head right; below, (dot); to right, three dots. SNG Copenhagen pl. 6, no. 155. For a similar Carthaginian coin found in Lincolnshire, see LIN-C0E9D7. For Carthaginian coins found in Kent, see D. Holman, Britannia XXXVI (2005) p. 5, fig. 2, no. 14, and p. 11. Carthaginian and Numidian coins are occasionally found in Britain, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. A Numidian piece was found in excavations at Carn Brea in Cornwall and two smaller Carthaginian coins were in the temple assemblage from …
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.