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Ancient coin

05 Mar 2026

Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology and numismatics with the ancient coin now at Leeds Discovery Centre. The astonishing discovery, handed to an unwitting local bus driver in the 1950s, was produced by Carthaginians, part of the Phoenician culture, in the Spanish city of Cadiz during the 1st Century BC and has now kindly been donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries.

Ancient coin: Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology and numismatics with the ancient coin now at Leeds Discovery Centre. The astonishing discovery, handed to an unwitting local bus driver in the 1950s, was produced by Carthaginians, part of the Phoenician culture, in the Spanish city of Cadiz during the 1st Century BC and has now kindly been donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries.
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