A coin once used to pay a bus fare in Leeds has been identified as a 2,000-year-old Carthaginian coin from Spain and is now part of the Leeds Museums collection.
Peter Edwards was gifted the Spanish coin by his grandfather in the 1950s in Leeds, England ...
A public transit official working for the city of Leeds found the coin while counting bus and tram fares. Now, his grandson has donated it to Leeds Museums and Galleries ...
The coin was handed down to Peter Edwards from his grandfather in the 1950s.
Its owner has donated the artifact to the Leeds Discovery Centre after decades puzzling over its origins.
A Phoenician bronze coin from the first century BC, minted in ancient Gadir (modern Cádiz), was discovered in a Leeds bus fare box. Featuring the god Melqart and bluefin tuna, the coin reflects ...
The origins of a bronze coin that someone used to pay for a bus journey in Leeds in the 1950s have been revealed after more than 70 years. The remarkable piece was discovered by James Edwards, who ...
Coin used to pay for bus ticket in Leeds found to be 2,000 years old - The coin was given to a local bus driver decades ago and kept in a chest ever since ...
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