Context (Analysis)
Typescript note from Fitzwilliam Museum found with object: 'Dear Mr Tebbutt, Returned with this letter is your bronze coin of Probus, from the Dragline spoil heaps at Buckden. It is a normal Probus type, the reverse reading is TEMPOR FELICI, with breaks between P and O'; and between O and R. The figure is called Felicity by Cohen, whose reference number to the coin is vol. VI p. 324, no. 713. The obverse legend is IMPCPROBVSPFAVG. Sincerely yours, Graham Pollard'. Now in archive (Doc.538).
Event Date 8/12/1960
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (References)
Council for British Archaeology. (1961). CBA Group 7 Bulletin 8: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1961. p. 1
Event Date 1961
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Field collection)
Bag marked 'BUC 61 D1 IV 3 Ae coin of Probus Unstratified - exact location unknown found in spoil heap by quarry'. Excavations at Buckden gravel pits by Peter V. Addyman and Charles F. Tebbutt, 1961-1964. See archive for site reports, plans, etc. (Doc.296-Doc.300).
Event Date 1961
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.17 [A-R]: 'A collection of sherds (marked PH3), metal objects including a coin, bone objects and crucible.'
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay

Context (Amendments / updates)
The record has been updated with information given on a handwritten object log sheet, which is from a previous Shorts project.
Event Date 22/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
Coin of Probus.
Event Date 31/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy coin of Probus type, reverse marked TEMPOR FELICI with central figure, obverse marked with legend IMPCPROBVSPFAVG.
Event Date 11/9/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue