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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.

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.

The coin will now be part of the collection based at Leeds Discovery Centre, which includes coins and currency from cultures around the world spanning thousands of years of history.

Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks, the exhibition examines the different ways nature has made its way from garden to gallery, decorating our homes and clothing over the centuries. Photograph by David Lindsay.

Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks, the exhibition examines the different ways nature has made its way from garden to gallery, decorating our homes and clothing over the centuries. Photograph by David Lindsay.

Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks, the exhibition examines the different ways nature has made its way from garden to gallery, decorating our homes and clothing over the centuries. Photograph by David Lindsay.

Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks, the exhibition examines the different ways nature has made its way from garden to gallery, decorating our homes and clothing over the centuries. Photograph by David Lindsay.

Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks, the exhibition examines the different ways nature has made its way from garden to gallery, decorating our homes and clothing over the centuries. Photograph by David Lindsay.

Featuring everything from ceramics and furniture, to silver and silks, the exhibition examines the different ways nature has made its way from garden to gallery, decorating our homes and clothing over the centuries. Photograph by David Lindsay.

Artists impression of Holbeck Sports Hub. With work expected to start in August 2026, Holbeck Sports Hub will provide three full-size artificial grass football pitches, two multi-use games areas and a building with changing rooms and a café.

Artists impression of Holbeck Sports Hub. The new all-weather pitches will provide sustainable, high-quality training facilities to reduce the impact on grass pitches and help overcome the shortfall of over 20 all-weather pitches across the city.

Artists impression of Holbeck Sports Hub. With work expected to start in August 2026, Holbeck Sports Hub will provide three full-size artificial grass football pitches, two multi-use games areas and a building with changing rooms and a café.