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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Two third century statues as coin types

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In the book Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Type by P V Hill he speculates that the accusative case, rarely used for coin reverses, sugges...
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

A Carausius coin at the Field of the Cloth of Gold

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Sir Thomas More Sir Thomas More, the Tudor politician, was also a coin collector. In 1518 he was corresponding with Bude, complimenting him ...
Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Dr Mead's Allectus indiscretion **updated**

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On 16 January 1750, almost exactly 276 years ago, the Reverend William Stukeley wrote to his old friend Maurice Johnson lamenting the gift o...
Friday, 5 December 2025

The largest Henry II coin hoard (until the Tealby hoard)

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The Bramham Moor hoard from Withy and Ryall Some time before 1756 a small hoard of 12 silver pennies were discovered on Bramham Moor (West Y...
Thursday, 20 November 2025

Postumus GERMANICVS MAX V reverse

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The Gallic usurper Postumus ceased striking sestertii and double sestertii in the year 263. Unofficial mints continued the production of dou...
Monday, 10 November 2025

An Aurelian antoninianus with a 1936 pedigree

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With the various MoUs regulating international trade in cultural objects and the UNESCO convention provenance or pedigree is playing an ever...
Friday, 24 October 2025

Unusual Abassid fulus identified after 35 years!

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Some thirty-five years ago I had a desire to get a better understanding of non European early mediaeval coins. A friend gifted me a dozen, o...