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A bronze coin of Licinius I. The coin is brown with a fine light green patina in the recesses. On the obverse a circular black discolouration over the face of the portrait, and "A738" in black in over the portrait. A small area of the same black…

A bronze coin of Licinius I. The coin is brown with a fine light green patina in the recesses. On the obverse there are cracks with orange deposits in the recess, and "A738" in black in over the portrait. The reverse has some etching of the raised…

A carinated bowl with a rounded base, probably late Roman in date. The surface of the vessel is a red-rown colour with small limestone inclusions. The rim is rounded over the neck. The vessel has been roughly finished with incised horizonal lines…

A gold coin of Valens, said to have been found "in a hermetically sealed vase in an Egyptian tomb" by a Mr E Hendricksen of Townsville during the war. This coin was only brought to the Queensland Museum for identification and was never donated. Mr…

A Fatimid Islamic oil lamp with a teal glaze. The lip is flared and tapers to the base of the neck. There is a torus at the join with the body. The body itself is shaped like an oblate flattened sphere with a simple base attached, slightly concave.…

A Fatimid Islamic oil lamp with a pale green glaze. The lip is flared and tapers to the base of the neck. Over half of the lip is missing, showing a buff to cream fabric. There is a torus at the join with the body. The body is shaped like an oblate…

A Fatimid sphero-conical vessel with a dark brown slip. The neck is broken, showing a sandy coloured fabric around the shoulder. The main body of the vessel is an ovoid, tapering to a rounded point at the base. Immediately below the undecorated…

A Fatimid miniature bottle in very fine pale yellow glass. The lip flares slightly but is not rolled. The neck tapers slightly inwards and then our again towards the base. The profile of the bottle is irregular. The transition from neck to body is…

Two joining neck fragments of a Fatimid buff-white ware water vessel with incised filter. The fabric is characteristically buff with a white/cream slip over the surface. The broken neck flares outwards towards the top and is well preserved on only…

A Fatimid sphero-conical vessel with a dark brown to purple slip, worn in many places on the body to show a yellow fabric. The rim is thick and inverted, on top of a thinner neck. The mouth has only a small opening. The main body of the vessel is…