Coin

Coin

An ancient coin, probably Roman. This coin has not yet been identified in the Queensland Museum collection, but is the subject of further research.

This coin is one of six ancient coins, listed as "mainly Roman" in the Queensland Museum register, which were collected by Dvr Gilbert Daveney "amidst Egyptian tombs near Heliopolis". Daveney also collected an Egyptian Faience Necklace at the same time.

Although digging for artefacts in this way was not legal in Egypt, it was a common pastime for soldiers during the war. They might undertake such diggings alone, but often where lead to a likely spot by a local guide, who had seeded the area with genuine and genuine-looking artefacts for his unsuspecting followers to find. It is possible that the antiquities in this colleciton were acquired in this way, but they may have been purchased from an antiquities vendor who provided the provenance.

C.007.003

Collected by Pte. Gilbert Daveney, Heliopolis, Egypt, 1916.
Donated by Pte. Gilbert Daveney to the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 22 July 1922.

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

Queensland Museum Donor Schedule #22/155 (1922).

Queensland Museum Miscellaneous Register, A722.

P.007

Mr James Donaldson