Curator for Iron Age and Roman Coin Finds (@findsorguk.bsky.social / British Museum). Vice-President of the Royal Numismatic Society. Trying to use this more, but X sucked all the joy out of social media.
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Hmm. Something isn’t right with this… can’t figure out what, though 🤔
(Coin from the Frome hoard: 53,000 third century coins and counting…)
This Roman denarius of Septimius Severus shows the emperor in military attire on horseback. It proclaims 'the most auspicious return of the emperor' after having established peace in the east by the destruction of Pescennius Niger. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...
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The feeling of freedom that comes from sitting in a pub and not giving a flying f*** about a bunch of millionaire children kicking a ball around a field in A*erica.
Carpets of English bluebells on the slopes of the Wrekin in #Shropshire.
One of the very few images of Amminus, an #IronAge ruler from the area of Kent, who might have been the person #Suetonius tells us fled across the Channel to seek aid from #Caligula c. AD 40. This is the first example recorded with @findsorguk.bsky.social #FindsFriday
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The Royal Numismatic Society is seeking two freelancers to work on its administration and archives. Both positions are part-time for one year, based in London. No archival qualifications or experience necessary.
Further details on our website: numismatics.org.uk/2025/06/16/r...
Retrieved this from the cabinets for an enquirer the other day and couldn’t resist sharing. An absolutely fabulous three-quarter facing bust of the usurper Postumus on this aureus, struck at his mint of Trier, Germany, c. AD 264.
*Is* there a nicer flower than a lupin? ☀️
A heap of radiates struck for Tetricus I (AD 271-274) at Trier, Germany. From the massive Frome hoard of c 54,000 other third century coins, now in the final stages of being sorted at the British Museum. @findsorguk.bsky.social #FindsFriday #RomanBritain
1,800 years ago, someone snipped the edge of this denarius, discovered it was just a silver-plated forgery, and then vented their rage on the poor coin itself by repeatedly hacking its surface. Recorded with @findsorguk.bsky.social this week: finds.org.uk/database/art... #FindsFriday #RomanBritain
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The Royal Numismatic Society, which is currently advertising two new freelancer opportunities: Administrator Archive assistant Both are to cover a one-year project to get our records and administr…
