Dr Amelia Dowler
@ameliadowler.bsky.social
National Officer FDA Union; Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies; Researcher in numismatics
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Hello new followers 👋 Thanks for following! My account is a mix of my two jobs (trade unions and numismatics research) with a sprinkling of allotments, poetry, and museums… Keep following if you like employment rights, coins, and vegetables! As a reward here’s a picture of a giant cottager’s kale 🌱
I’ve finally got the broad beans in! There are still winter radish and fennel in the middle of the bed so I’ve planted around them - hope it all works… 🌱 #allotment
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’ve finally got the broad beans in! There are still winter radish and fennel in the middle of the bed so I’ve planted around them - hope it all works… 🌱 #allotment
My copy of Obsessed With Pipework is here! I’m really pleased to have two poems published in this edition - thanks to the editors Charles and Penny @blossoms21.bsky.social #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My copy of Obsessed With Pipework is here! I’m really pleased to have two poems published in this edition - thanks to the editors Charles and Penny @blossoms21.bsky.social #poetry
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If anyone is interested, at the next Money and Medals online talk I'll be discussing how to engage school groups with coins and tokens (i.e. numismatic collections). 26 November, 12.30-1.30pm online, more info available here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dfc5df...
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If anyone is interested, at the next Money and Medals online talk I'll be discussing how to engage school groups with coins and tokens (i.e. numismatic collections). 26 November, 12.30-1.30pm online, more info available here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dfc5df...
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Recorded two coins this week. 🏺 One is a gold (my first !!) half guinea of George III, bent on opposite sides and directions, probably a love token. The other is a massive silver bank token made when small change was short, also George III. Same bust for both. #FindsFriday
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Recorded two coins this week. 🏺 One is a gold (my first !!) half guinea of George III, bent on opposite sides and directions, probably a love token. The other is a massive silver bank token made when small change was short, also George III. Same bust for both. #FindsFriday
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
Probably my favourite duck - I love watching them dabble when I can catch a glimpse of them! I was lucky enough to see some Marbled Teal (aka Marbled Duck) in Spain earlier this year too.
Our #AutumnArrivalSpotlight turns to the Teal today, the UK’s smallest dabbling duck. 🦆
With visitors arriving from northern Europe, their vibrant green eye-stripes brighten our lakes and marshes.
With visitors arriving from northern Europe, their vibrant green eye-stripes brighten our lakes and marshes.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Probably my favourite duck - I love watching them dabble when I can catch a glimpse of them! I was lucky enough to see some Marbled Teal (aka Marbled Duck) in Spain earlier this year too.
Chilly morning at the #allotment! We went mostly to get this area weeded ready to plant over-wintering broad beans but some harvesting too…
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Chilly morning at the #allotment! We went mostly to get this area weeded ready to plant over-wintering broad beans but some harvesting too…
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🚨 Calling all Latin, Greek & ClassCiv enthusiasts🚨
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
Home | JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School
Welcome - The 32nd JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School will take place at St John's College, Durham University from 25th July - 1st August 2026
www.durhamglss.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 Calling all Latin, Greek & ClassCiv enthusiasts🚨
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!
We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!
www.durhamglss.org
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Today’s the Day!
The long & short list for the Live Canon poetry competition is here!
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
Join us this evening for the anthology reading & winner’s announcement!
Book here: shorturl.at/ZIttZ
#poetrycompetition #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaddict #literaryart
The long & short list for the Live Canon poetry competition is here!
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
Join us this evening for the anthology reading & winner’s announcement!
Book here: shorturl.at/ZIttZ
#poetrycompetition #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaddict #literaryart
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Today’s the Day!
The long & short list for the Live Canon poetry competition is here!
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
Join us this evening for the anthology reading & winner’s announcement!
Book here: shorturl.at/ZIttZ
#poetrycompetition #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaddict #literaryart
The long & short list for the Live Canon poetry competition is here!
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
Join us this evening for the anthology reading & winner’s announcement!
Book here: shorturl.at/ZIttZ
#poetrycompetition #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaddict #literaryart
How exciting! I'm delighted to have been longlisted in the Live Canon poetry competition - congratulations to everyone long and shortlisted!
The online anthology reading from the shortlist and announcement of the winner is tonight at 7.30pm and you can get your free ticket via Eventbrite.
#poetry
The online anthology reading from the shortlist and announcement of the winner is tonight at 7.30pm and you can get your free ticket via Eventbrite.
#poetry
Today’s the Day!
The long & short list for the Live Canon poetry competition is here!
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
Join us this evening for the anthology reading & winner’s announcement!
Book here: shorturl.at/ZIttZ
#poetrycompetition #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaddict #literaryart
The long & short list for the Live Canon poetry competition is here!
www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions...
Join us this evening for the anthology reading & winner’s announcement!
Book here: shorturl.at/ZIttZ
#poetrycompetition #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaddict #literaryart
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
How exciting! I'm delighted to have been longlisted in the Live Canon poetry competition - congratulations to everyone long and shortlisted!
The online anthology reading from the shortlist and announcement of the winner is tonight at 7.30pm and you can get your free ticket via Eventbrite.
#poetry
The online anthology reading from the shortlist and announcement of the winner is tonight at 7.30pm and you can get your free ticket via Eventbrite.
#poetry
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We seek submissions from across the humanities and social sciences and we are especially keen to hear from authors from under-represented groups (both within the academy in general and within economic discourse in particular).
Call for Papers
We are pleased to invite contributions to Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice. Money on the Left publishes peer-reviewed articles about monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with…
moneyontheleft.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
We seek submissions from across the humanities and social sciences and we are especially keen to hear from authors from under-represented groups (both within the academy in general and within economic discourse in particular).
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#EpigraphyTuesday – The memorial stone of a Roman ‘money-checker’, Publius Titius Hilarus, an imperial ‘nummularius’ who plied his trade in Arminium: ca. Mid-1stCentury AD. #Latin 🧵🏺
Image: Museo della Città, Rimini; AE 1932, 61. 📸 My own
Image: Museo della Città, Rimini; AE 1932, 61. 📸 My own
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday – The memorial stone of a Roman ‘money-checker’, Publius Titius Hilarus, an imperial ‘nummularius’ who plied his trade in Arminium: ca. Mid-1stCentury AD. #Latin 🧵🏺
Image: Museo della Città, Rimini; AE 1932, 61. 📸 My own
Image: Museo della Città, Rimini; AE 1932, 61. 📸 My own
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I've just added another recently published article:
The Carolingians and their coinage
works.hcommons.org/records/t2xp...
The Carolingians and their coinage
works.hcommons.org/records/t2xp...
The Carolingians and their coinage
An introduction to and overview of Carolingian coinage, particularly aimed at numismatic novices and coin collectors.
works.hcommons.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I've just added another recently published article:
The Carolingians and their coinage
works.hcommons.org/records/t2xp...
The Carolingians and their coinage
works.hcommons.org/records/t2xp...
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Random numismatic objects found in the course of a data search.... a Hollywood 'swing club' member token (?). numismatics.org/collection/1...
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Random numismatic objects found in the course of a data search.... a Hollywood 'swing club' member token (?). numismatics.org/collection/1...
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Another lovely #IronAge #coin for #FindsFriday - this is a gold stater of the Osismii (western Brittany), with a winged figure beneath the horse holding a torc. Probably early first century BC. Found in the Le Catillon II hoard in #Jersey in 2012 #archaeology #numismatics
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Another lovely #IronAge #coin for #FindsFriday - this is a gold stater of the Osismii (western Brittany), with a winged figure beneath the horse holding a torc. Probably early first century BC. Found in the Le Catillon II hoard in #Jersey in 2012 #archaeology #numismatics
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The FDA Autumn Roadshow will be visiting departments in locations around the country over the next couple of months, so keep an eye out for them in your workplace.
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The FDA Autumn Roadshow will be visiting departments in locations around the country over the next couple of months, so keep an eye out for them in your workplace.
Thanks to attendees from HMRC and Home Office! It was great to talk through issues affecting @fdaunion.bsky.social members today.
FDA National Officer for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Amelia Dowler is leading a lunch & learn session on how managers can support their teams with carer’s passports and workplace adjustments passports.
The session also looks at managing difficult conversations and active listening.
The session also looks at managing difficult conversations and active listening.
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Thanks to attendees from HMRC and Home Office! It was great to talk through issues affecting @fdaunion.bsky.social members today.
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Our Organising Team and reps are at 1 Ruskin Square, Croydon, today as part of the FDA’s Autumn Roadshow, speaking to staff in HMRC and the Home Office.
Whether you’re already a member or interested in joining, come and say hi and find out more about what FDA membership can do for you.
Whether you’re already a member or interested in joining, come and say hi and find out more about what FDA membership can do for you.
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our Organising Team and reps are at 1 Ruskin Square, Croydon, today as part of the FDA’s Autumn Roadshow, speaking to staff in HMRC and the Home Office.
Whether you’re already a member or interested in joining, come and say hi and find out more about what FDA membership can do for you.
Whether you’re already a member or interested in joining, come and say hi and find out more about what FDA membership can do for you.
Today’s harvest! Last of the pumpkins - first of the leeks… The brassicas are still going strong - they’re getting a bit of flea beetle now but with a decent rinse it’s all still good! 🥬 #allotment
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today’s harvest! Last of the pumpkins - first of the leeks… The brassicas are still going strong - they’re getting a bit of flea beetle now but with a decent rinse it’s all still good! 🥬 #allotment
If you go through to the site you’ll see they also have excellent robin, puffin, and owl cards! 🦉
Get ahead on your Christmas cards and share a piece of natural history with friends and family.
Our range of designs each feature a beautiful nature print from our historical collection. And if you can't choose just one, you can save with 3 packs for the price of 2.
Shop the range: buff.ly/D2c8oqr
Our range of designs each feature a beautiful nature print from our historical collection. And if you can't choose just one, you can save with 3 packs for the price of 2.
Shop the range: buff.ly/D2c8oqr
October 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If you go through to the site you’ll see they also have excellent robin, puffin, and owl cards! 🦉
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For #FindsFriday some of the lovely objects in the Ilanz hoard from Switzerland, buried during Charlemagne's reign, in the early 790s. Gold Lombard and Carolingian coins, silver Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon and Arabic coins, as well as gold jewellery. See more here: raetischesmuseum.app/extras/highl...
October 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
For #FindsFriday some of the lovely objects in the Ilanz hoard from Switzerland, buried during Charlemagne's reign, in the early 790s. Gold Lombard and Carolingian coins, silver Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon and Arabic coins, as well as gold jewellery. See more here: raetischesmuseum.app/extras/highl...
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Pot of gold!
Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!
Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!
Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Pot of gold!
Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!
Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!
Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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✨ We're thrilled to be part of the Big Give Campaign 2025!
From 8th–15th October, every donation we receive up to £5,000, will be doubled.
📅 Save the date: We'll share the donation link at midday on Wednesday 8th October.
Let’s make a difference — together. 💪
#WGMF #BigGive2025 #DoubleYourDonation
From 8th–15th October, every donation we receive up to £5,000, will be doubled.
📅 Save the date: We'll share the donation link at midday on Wednesday 8th October.
Let’s make a difference — together. 💪
#WGMF #BigGive2025 #DoubleYourDonation
October 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
✨ We're thrilled to be part of the Big Give Campaign 2025!
From 8th–15th October, every donation we receive up to £5,000, will be doubled.
📅 Save the date: We'll share the donation link at midday on Wednesday 8th October.
Let’s make a difference — together. 💪
#WGMF #BigGive2025 #DoubleYourDonation
From 8th–15th October, every donation we receive up to £5,000, will be doubled.
📅 Save the date: We'll share the donation link at midday on Wednesday 8th October.
Let’s make a difference — together. 💪
#WGMF #BigGive2025 #DoubleYourDonation
Harvest haul from the autumnal #allotment! Slightly terrified by the pumpkin 🤣! We’ve harvested the first winter radishes - and have planted lots more to keep going over the winter 🌱
October 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Harvest haul from the autumnal #allotment! Slightly terrified by the pumpkin 🤣! We’ve harvested the first winter radishes - and have planted lots more to keep going over the winter 🌱
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Can't let #FindsFriday go past without another fine Iron Age coin. This is a base silver stater attributed (probably wrongly) to the Veneti, in southern Brittany. Diameter 22mm. Note the recumbent figure below the horse - what is he holding? #archaeology #numismatics 🏺
October 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Can't let #FindsFriday go past without another fine Iron Age coin. This is a base silver stater attributed (probably wrongly) to the Veneti, in southern Brittany. Diameter 22mm. Note the recumbent figure below the horse - what is he holding? #archaeology #numismatics 🏺