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I noted that we surveyed many sites of different periods producing various coinage and artefacts. I was asked what period of coinage I was interested in and I explained my particular interest was in Roman coinage. I was passed on very large Roman military awarded medallion to hold which was brilliant, it was much heavier than I was expecting and not something I am likely to recover during a metal detecting survey. Richard nipped out of the meeting room for a minute and came back in with a tray of Commodus medallions, he then explained what they were used for and went into detail about the makeup of some of the medallions one of particular interest was bimetallic, in a similar way to that of the modern two pound coins. I explained that we were very happy to gift the coin to the museum and were excited about it being added to the collection. Andrew explained that the museum were grateful for the donation particularly as this is a coin they don’t currently have in the national collection.
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The paper work giving consent for the donation from myself and the landowners whose field the coin was found in was checked, copied and approved. We began by having a discussion about Commodus and the coin that was being donated to the museum. Upon entering a behind the scenes office area of the British museum I had a round the table meeting with Andrew, Richard and another member of their team.
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Here's the account written by team member Robin Siddle:īritish Museum Commodus denarius donation to the national collectionĪfter finding my way to the upper floor of Greek and Roman life I was greeted by Andrew Brown (National finds Advisor, Iron Age and Roman Coins) and Richard Abdy (Curator of Roman and Iron Age coins.
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