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Total number of records: 1213

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Coins1162
Objects41
People and organisations8
Books and printed items1
Archives1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Coin Collection1160
Brotherton Collection1
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Rome233
Alexandria, Egypt143
Antioch, Syria70
Antioch, Pisidia35
Syracuse34
Marcianopolis31
Macedon28
Edessa, Mesopotamia25
Viminacium23
Caesarea20

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Elagabalus98
Severus Alexander90
Gordian III82
Philip I67
Severus Alexander (Augustus)53
Valerian44
Gordian III (Augustus)40
Gallienus39
Macrinus31
Philip I (Augustus)31

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 2001082
From 30074
From 4007
From 5001
From 17003
From 18003
From 19001
From 200042

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 997
Up to 19957
Up to 2991149

Coin

Denomination: coins of Alexander the Great / Alexander I Balas

Date(s): c.336-145 BCE

Material: silver


Coin

Denomination: coin of the Sassanid kingdom

Date(s): c.224-241 BCE

Material: copper


Archive Object Item

section of hieroglyphs

No date

A section of plaster with Egyptian Hieroglyphs, referenced as from Karnak, Ancient Thebes. Hieroglyphs include birds, and are set between lined borders. There is a semi-circle decoration on the lowe...

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Archive Object Item

cuneiform tablet (fragments)

No date

A cuneiform tablet completely broken into many small fragments of red clay.

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