During the summer of 2025, Tasha Fullbrook, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Archaeology whose research focuses on Roman coin copying in the late 3rd century AD undertook a 5 week placement at the British Museum. This was supervised by the Curator of Hoards, Eleanor Ghey, within the Department of Money and Medals.
The placement primarily involved helping sort and classify Roman coin hoards that had come in through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) and the Treasure Act. The PAS is a partnership scheme with the British Museum which promotes the recording of archaeological finds by members of the public. During the placement, Tasha helped to fully identify and catalogue a coin hoard of 550 coins from the 4th century CE, on which a report will be sent to the local Coroner where the coins were discovered as part of the Treasure process, and assisted in sorting and counting a larger hoard of 6000 4th century CE coins. Recording work also included some silver denarii depicting ther reigns of Hadrian and Vespasian.
The placement enabled Tasha to network and discuss her doctoral work with curators and the Finds Advisor for the PAS, looking at how her research can be incorporated into the database and used to train Finds Liaison Officers across the country, who are responsible for recording archaeological finds.