'Constantinopolis': the dedication of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) as the 'new Rome' by Constantine I in 330 CE is marked by this tiny bronze coin Found in a field near Whitwell it embodies the connectedness of Roman Europe over great distances. Nice hunks of mortarium too! #FindsFriday

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(Left) Staffordshire slipware pottery (16th-17th century) (Right) Fox's Party Ring biscuits (20th-21st century) #FindsFriday

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"Like goose-flesh petrified". Thus John Pearson Gillam (Chezvegas lad and Roman pot brain) described Derbyshire Ware in 1939 A coarse gritty fabric with pimples, made in central Derbys from the 2nd C on - focus around Hazelwood and Holbrook but we recently found a kiln near Bolsover #FindsFriday

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#Derbyshire #Archaeology has been on holiday In our occasional series featuring very big sections and daring PPE, here's Denis Peyrony, one of the pioneers of French prehistory, standing below this whopping 7m sequence at La Micoque rock shelter in 1931. Fear not, he has his safety beret on!

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A bit early for #FindsFriday but it's rude not to! The blade end of a stone axe from Aldwark, courtesy of @arsltd.bsky.social. This came from a small pit with other Neolithic goodies. Probably* volcanic greenstone from the Langdale Pikes in Cumbria *someone will be along to correct me in a minute

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