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This was supervised by the Curator of Hoards, Eleanor Ghey, within the Department of Money and Medals.<\/p>\n<p>The placement primarily involved helping sort and classify Roman coin hoards that had come in through the <a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/\">Portable Antiquities Scheme<\/a> (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\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">helped to fully identify and catalogue a coin hoard of 550 coins from the 4<\/span><sup style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">th<\/sup><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\"> 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 4<\/span><sup style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">th<\/sup><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\"> century CE coins. 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