The Portable Antiquities Scheme

On the 24th July, the British Museum's eagerly awaited exhibition on the life of the Emperor Hadrian is due to open in the Round Reading Room. This follows on from the blockbusting 'First Emperor' exhibition that closes a few weeks ago and garnered much critical acclaim and helped the BM to beat Blackpool as the [...]

AHRC Research Grants Scheme Project PhD studentship
The Gallo-Roman sigillata (samian) industries

Limit of tenure: Fixed term funding, no renewal. Limit of tenure: 3-year PhD studentship running from 1st October 2008 to 30th September 2011
Professor Michael Fulford, Department of Archaeology, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading has been successful in obtaining research grant [...]

One of the more interesting finds to come through the Scheme's identification service this year is an intriguing figurine depicting the Mithraic attendant Cautopates. This was found by a metal detector user (November 2007) in North Yorkshire and reported to Amy Cooper, our local FLO for South and West Yorkshire. Amy was assisted with the [...]

The following comes from a DeHavilland Alert, and a public account of this will be available shortly at theyworkforyou.com. I have not corrected a couple of errors within the text; however please note the 690,000 should read as 190,000 and diary should read as dowry.
MPs debate Portable Antiquities Scheme
Wed, 5 March 2008 | Debate [...]

The discovery of two gold coins sheds light on a little known ‘British’ Emperor.
Two gold coins of the emperor Carausius have just been found on a construction site in the Midlands. They were reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme and archaeologists are investigating the find further. Gold coins of Carausius are extremely rare, [...]