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: LVPL-7F1C85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Sefton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper tetradrachm of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka I (AD 127-150) made at Begram. The obverse shows the king standing sacrificing at an altar, the reverse shows the god Wesho with four arms, holding his divine attributes (thunderbolt, water-pot, trident). Wesho's imagery shares elements in common with Hindu divinities particularly Siva.
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydiate', grid reference and parish protected.