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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats MK those are some nice finds. That Carausius has a really nice portrait
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Italy
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Love the Severan denarius . Congrats
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Excellent finds. The coin are in great shape. I like the artifact. I wonder from what time period it is and what it was used for?
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Nice coins. Quote:
I like the artifact. I wonder from what time period it is and what it was used for? Yep, the artifact looks interesting. Maybe a latch for a lock or an ancient beer bottle opener.  |
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Thanks guys, the artefact is a clothes fastener , either celtic or early roman .
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United Kingdom
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The loop was sewn to one side of the coat or cloak and the square part fitted into a slit in the joining part of the coat , the same as toggles on coat today .
Edited by Monkeybean
12/12/2014 08:06 am
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United States
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That makes sense. The design looks like a three leaf clover, which makes me think it's Celtic. Very interesting piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Always look forward to your finds, 'bean!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Nice Carausius. However, its not a PAX AVGGG, its the much rarer PAX AVGG edition (RIC V-2, London 140). Also of note, its one of the only issues with Pax holding victory on a globe instead of the regular olive branch.
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Valued Member
United States
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And I get excited about finding things over 50 years old. It must be a real thrill to find coins from centuries/millenia ago!
Great finds. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the comments and thank you for the id Ben, just out of curiosity - how can you tell ? Is there a give away or is it down to experience ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i get jealous of you guys over there every time I see this stuff.
very nice MB!
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United Kingdom
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Well, the bust of the PAX AVGGG issue is quite uniform - by that time the mint had stopped issuing variety and had settled its designs. This didnt look like the AVGGG bust. Also, Pax is holding a victory on globe - a feature ive not seen before. The legend break is not that seen in PAX AVG, so I was wondering what it read - it could have been an early PAX AVGGG, or perhaps one of the odd legends (like PAX CARAVSI). So I checked the RIC spreadsheets which quickly narrowed it down to the PAX AVGG issue.
I havent read up on it, but I assume PAX AVGG appears just before the PAX AVGGG issue. They are listed as much rarer than PAX AVGGG (of which ive had 3 - never seen an AVGG show up though).
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Wow , thanks Ben - that is fantastic information .
Thanks for taking the time to write it :)
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Maaaaan, I wanna live in England :-(
Ras
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