Showing posts with label bronze. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 05, 2015

Identifying late Roman bronze coinage....new book available



Late Roman Bronze Coinage – An attribution guide for poorly preserved coins

The most common type of artefact listed in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database is the Roman coin. The vast majority of these metal detecting finds date from the late Roman period. Whilst we all dream of discovering Museum quality pieces, the reality is that most of our detecting finds are worn or corroded to the extent that identification can be an incredibly difficult task......Read more ......