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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme began in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales.
The hoard comprises 748 Iron Age and Roman coins, 734 documented and catalogued by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, the oldest coin dating to the Roman Republic in 206 BC to the latest coin a denarius issued by Claudius in 46-47 AD. [4]
His find was on show as the museum released its annual report on the Portable Antiquities Scheme, a government-funded project that records thousands of archaeological discoveries made by the ...
[2] [3] With the exception of a single find made in Scotland, all the objects featured were recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Since the PAS was set up in 1997, some 800,000 objects have been registered with the scheme, many of them discovered by amateur metal detectorists. [4]
Following the helmet's discovery, the area around the findspot was investigated in a project sponsored by the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery and the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The earthworks noted earlier were found to be part of a substantial enclosure surrounded by ditches, within which buildings had once stood.
The Whelans reported the find to Amy Cooper, Finds Liaison Officer of the Portable Antiquities Scheme: this was one of the first finds reported to Cooper. [5] The pair were commended for displaying "exemplary behaviour in not unpacking all the objects from the bowl, but keeping the find intact."
Treasure Summary at the Portable Antiquities Scheme site; Comprehensive article on 20 years of Portable Antiquities Scheme and the impact of Treasure Act 1996 on cultural property issues in the UK and beyond
In the Portable Antiquities Scheme Annual Report 2013, the hoard was named as the one millionth find to be recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. [10] See also