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Moorhead, Sam
Sam Moorhead is National Finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins for the Portable Antiquities Scheme at the British Museum, London. He is also site numismatist on the excavation at Butrint, Albania, where he is responsible for ancient coins.
2017 Archer M. Huntington Award for Roger Bland
The American Numismatic Society awards its 2017 Archer M. Huntington Award to Dr Roger Bland, recognizing the outstanding career contributions of the former British Museum Keeper and founder of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
New Archaeological Discoveries Enlighten Britain’s Past
Portable Antiquities Scheme and Treasure annual reports announced the recording of a further 82,272 archaeological finds comprising 1,008 Treasure finds. PAS is now working closely with other European areas establishing a North Sea Area finds recording group.
England Success Story PAS Threatened by Cuts
In 1997, the British government established the Portable Antiquities Scheme. It was the beginning of an impressive success story. Now, the project is threatened by budget cuts. The head of the co-ordinating department, Roger Bland, has now resigned.
Lost Change – innovative mapping tool for England and Wales
The English Portable Antiquities Scheme has presented a new tool which locates around 300,000 coins found in the country on an interactive map. Numerous search options reveal new connections between coins and their mints.
In England number of treasure findings increasing
The Department of Culture Media and Sport has published the number of treasures found in 2011 in the UK, and the objects recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Both numbers have risen compared to the previous year.
News on the Frome Hoard
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) seeks donations to conserve the Frome Hoard and to keep this important treasure on public display in the county in which it was discovered...
Manual to identify Roman coins
England’s Portable Antiquities Scheme is the most successful program on coin finds world-wide. No other country has won so many supporters to ...
Comprehensive Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Gold Coins
With “Gold Coins of Anglo-Saxon England” Tony Abramson offers a complete account of all recorded early English gold coinage. The book aims at detectorists, field liaison officers, curators, scholars, dealers, auction cataloguers and collectors.
What Made the Ellerby Hoard so Valuable
In 2019, a couple found hundreds of gold coins under their floor when renovating their kitchen. The hoard tells a story from 18th-century England and is as spectacular as its auction result ...