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What is the strangest coin in the British Museum collection?

April 26, 2017british coin collection expert museum strangest

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What is the strangest coin in the British Museum collection?

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Andrew Burnett, Deputy Director replies: There is a very bizarre bronze coin that has a pig’s leg coming out at the bottom. On one side of the coin you can see Augustus, the first Roman emperor (31 BC – AD 14) with his general, Agrippa. On the other side is a picture of a crocodile chained to a palm tree which symbolises Rome’s occupation of Egypt.