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2003.8.41 Phototographed by a soldier in the 8th Army while on leave at the end of hostilities in the region during WW II.
2005.8.7 Said to be found on a beach on the Greek mainland.
38.4.2 From a burial in the Argolid.
38.4.3 From a burial somewhere in the Argolid.
38.4.4 From a burial in the Argolid
38.4.5 From a burial in the Argolid
38.4.6 Said to be from a cemetery east of Athens
38.4.7 Said to be from a cemetery east of Athens
59.2.7 Enclosed note in pencil reads "Head of cat mummy ex cargo arrived from Egypt to Liverpool in the year ... see article in all year Round?" A later note, in black ink, encircled, perhaps written by Annie Ure, reads "Probably about 1890 imported for making artificial fertiliser H.B. 5.12.58." This note seemingly refers to Professor Henry Bassett, University of Reading Professor of Chemistry 1912-1946 and Dean of the Faculty of Science 1926-1930, who donated this and other Egyptian artefacts, some of dubious antiquity, in 1958.
E.63.13A Memphis, from a large spoilt lot found in the lower levels of the city
E.63.13C Memphis, part of a spoilt lot found in the lower levels of the city.
E.63.13D Memphis, from a spoilt load in the lower levels of the city.
L.2005.7.10 Copy of a silver coin (didrachm) from Athens, 540 – 520 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.11 Copy of a silver coin (decadrachm) from Syracuse, Sicily, 480 - 479 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.12 Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from Smyrna, 200 - 100 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.13 Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from Knossos, Crete, 200 – 67 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.14 Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from Athens, after 196 BC, now in the British Museum.
L.2005.7.15 Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Ionia), 190 – 100 BC, now in the British Museum.
L.2005.7.16 Copy of a coin in the British Museum
L.2005.7.2 Copies a silver coin (stater) in the British Museum, from Tarentum, c. 500 BC
L.2005.7.3 Copies a silver coin (stater) in the British Museum, from Elis, 470 - 370 BC
L.2005.7.4 Copy of a silver coin (stater) from Metapontum, c. 450 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.5 Copy of a silver coin (drachm) from Larissa, 430 – 400 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.6 Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from Syracuse, Sicily, 405 – 395 BC, now in the British Museum
L.2005.7.7 Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from the coast of Asia Minor, 400 – 395 BC, now in the British Museum.
L.2005.7.8 Copy of a coin (didrachm) from Corinth, 350 – 300 BC, now in the British Museum.
L.2005.7.9 Copy of a gold coin (stater) from Athens, 480 - 460 BC, now in the British Museum
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