Too hot even for Augustus in the BM galleries today. You’d think all that time buried beneath that temple in Sudan would have prepared him for the discomfort of a British summer.

From Rome to Essex. This spectacular C2 #inscription from the #VaticanMuseums tracks the career of Aurelius Bassus. Among his roles is a rarity: he was the imperial census officer sent across the Channel to count the citizens at Camulodunum, now #Colchester. #EpigraphyTuesday #AncientBluesky 🏺

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.

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...

Please share! 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...

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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…

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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

*Is* there a nicer flower than a lupin? ☀️

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 finds.org.uk/database/art...

Carpets of English bluebells on the slopes of the Wrekin in #Shropshire.

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

#FindsFriday today with a lovely counterfeit Roman coin! A copper-alloy cast contemporary copy of a Roman denarius of Diva Faustina I (AD 138-161), struck under Antoninus Pius, dating to the period c. AD 141-161 To see the full record, follow the link: finds.org.uk/database/art...

The Melsonby Hoard is one of the UK's most significant Iron Age finds & could rewrite what we know about the period. Help the Yorkshire Museum acquire & conserve the hoard, keeping it in a public collection. #FindsFriday #SaveTheMelsonbyHoard Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-m...

One of the most remarkable objects in #Pompeii is a marble table support with P. Casca Longus inscribed on it. Longus was the 1st assassin to stab Julius Caesar on the #IdesOfMarch (today in 44 BC). On his death Longus’ possessions were auctioned & this table was bought by a Pompeian

This is the strongroom in the headquarters building of the Roman fort at Corbridge, just south of Hadrian's Wall. Corbridge was a base for the Second Legion Augusta and the money to pay the troops who garrisoned the Wall would have been stored down in this underground chamber #RomanFortThursday

"Killed by enemies inside the fort" says this tombstone of a father and son, Flavius Fuscinus and Flavius Romanus, who died at Ambleside, Cumbria #RomanFortThursday Excavations show Ambleside was attacked at least once - did these men die in its defence? 📸Armitt Trust #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺

National Trust membership for a family costs £14.05 a month. A Telegraph subscription costs £104 a month. And don’t get me started on the quality of the product.

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Exceptional new discovery in #Pompeii: large frescoed banquet hall with stunning wall paintings emerged www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo... 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

#RomanSiteSaturday: A huge courtyard villa flourished at North Leigh, Oxfordshire, in the early C.4th. It's one of the largest discovered from #RomanBritain with 60 rooms, 11 hypocausts (channelled type), 16 mosaic floors and 3 bath suites. #romanarchaeology

The finds trays are working overtime at the Carlisle Roman Excavations this week. Here the destruction level is being removed to reveal the Hypocaust stacks. The site is open for visits except Sunday till the 1st March #HadriansWall #Archaeology

a reminder that the Royal Numismatic Society runs a series of small grants for research and/or practice which deploys the outcomes of research in various areas of numismatics. The next deadline is 28th February - find out more and apply here: numismatics.org.uk/grants/

High on a Northumberland hillside near the Roman fort of Bremenium and the ancient road we call Dere Street are the remains of a mausoleum. It is probably the finally resting place of a high-raking Roman soldier and a couple of its stones still feature enigmatic carvings #TombTuesday

One of my oldie reconstructions from 2014 of Rough Castle Roman Fort & Antonine Wall, near Falkirk in #Scotland. It shows the barracks, Principia, Horrea, and the Praetorium. The bath house is in the annexe, in the top-left corner. Commissioned Work. © Bob Marshall / Historic Environment Scotland.

The mighty Maen Madoc, Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons #Powys A Bronze Age menhir reused as a grave marker and inscribed in the late 5th or early 6th century AD with DERVAC(IVS) FILIVS IVSTI (H)IC IACIT Dervacus, Son of Justus. Lies here 📷 Aug 2020 #StandingStoneSunday 1/2

HOW has it taken me this long to see the wonderful (and free!) exhibition of the Bloomberg finds? assets.bbhub.io/company/site... #romansitesaturday #romanbritain

Today saw the launch of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (2023) and Treasure (2022) annual reports at the British Museum, highlighting record levels of finds submitted for voluntary recording to the PAS (over 70,000) and those reported (1,358) in 2023. Available here: finds.org.uk/publications

I am glad that everyone has been posting about the #Superbowl: another word to add to my growing mute list of U.S. -specific terms.

Love this republican denarius struck for Q. Metellus Pius c. 81 BC. Elephant on the reverse and what I want to believe is a diplodocus (and not a ?stork) on the obverse. Found in Cheshire and reported to @susieflo.bsky.social this week. Record: finds.org.uk/database/art... #FindsFriday #RomanBritain

Scale armour from the Roman Fort at Carlisle (Luguvalium). The armour fragment was found in a building which used as a workshop; now part of the collections at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology

The university facing 400 redundancies, the museum shutting suddenly because cuts have kept them from maintaining the building. Wales is losing key institutions in its capital city. nation.cymru/news/fears-f...

Fears for future of National Museum Cardiff after abrupt closure for maintenance

Martin Shipton Concerns have been raised about the future of the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff after an official notice was posted outside saying it was closed indefinitely. The Museum’s managem...

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