Browse Items (972 total)

Copper alloy medallion. (whole)
Bust of Constantinopolis, helmeted, left, with sceptre on left shoulder. (obverse)
Constantinopolis, turreted and seated left on stool, holding branch and cornucopia; she is crowned by Victory standing facing, head…

Large shallow silver platter with a deep foot-ring set off-centre, made in one piece with the platter. The whole platter is virtually flat, with a flat raised rim and a slight lip.
In the centre of the platter is a roundel, comprising a medallion…

Gold coin. (whole)
Victory holding long cross. (reverse)
Cuirassed bust facing with shield and spear over shoulder. (obverse)

Inscriptions
Obverse: DN ANASTA - SIVS PP AVG
Reverse: VICTORI - AAVGGG I
Mintmark: CONOB

Silver coin. (whole)
Diademed, draped profile bust, right, of Anastasius I, below ... (obverse)
Monogram of Theodoric, cross above, star below. (reverse)

Gold coin; imitation of Byzantine coin.
Curator's comments
Stein 1928, p.648: "Tomb i.5, which lay nearest to i.1 in a southerly direction, was found to contain three bodies, lying with their heads to the south. The one next to the entrance, (a),…

Uniface imitation of Byzantine gold coin. (whole)
Blank. (reverse)
Three-quarter face bust of Justinian I. (obverse)

Curator's comments
Stein 1928, p.646: "The fact that out of the four coins actually found by us in the mouths of Astana corpses…

Coin of Justinian; gold; pierced with two holes; obverse, head of Justinian to right and inscription; reverse, Victory holding a wreath and globus crucifer, and inscription.

Body-chain with coin-set clasp. Four chains are joined so as to form an upper-body decoration passing over the shoulders and under the arms of the wearer, and crossing at the front and back. The chains are of complex loop-in-loop construction…

Gold currency-bar stamped four times with a rectangular stamp recording the name of the procurator, Flavianus and once with the name of the assayer, Lucianus.

This is one of a hoard of fifteen such bars found in a Carpathian mountain pass in the…

Silver ingots like this were used to pay soldiers and civil servants in the Late Roman Empire. The stamped inscription reads EX OFFE HONORINI, which translates 'from the workshop of Honorinus'. It was found in 1777 with two gold coins of the emperor…