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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-6...eature=shareThis is a real time video of a metal detector enthusiast finding a golreal time video of a metal detector enthusiast finding a gold aureus of Claudius! ! Here is the description of the coin-from what I can see. Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (7.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG P • M • TR • P • VI • IMP • XI, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, spitting into upper fold of drapery she lifts with her right hand, holding winged caduceus in her left hand; to right, serpent right. RIC I 38; von Kaenel type 24; Calicó 367; BMCRE 39; BN 49-50 (Lugdunum mint). How cool would this be? Joe Geranio Julio Claudian Iconographic Association
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Wow...that is a beautiful coin too!  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Wow, fantastic find. I wish coins like this could be found here in the states. I would be out every day looking if they were. |
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Moderator
United States
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I have two words like the last guy, holy blank!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
Canada
258 Posts |
Watching these videos makes me want to take out the metal detector and go out right now haha
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Valued Member
United States
422 Posts |
Right behind you! Awesome video. Want to buy a metal detector right now! Don't think I would find many gold Roman coins here in the Pacific Northwest though :)
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Joe: Do you know what country the find site is in?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1549 Posts |
Pay attention to the respect the others paid to the finder by handling his coin carefully and allowing him the honor/duty of washing away the dirt. Someone grabbing the coin and rubbing the mud with a heavy thumb could have scratched a thousand dollars away from its value. Also note when the camera man was asked and did not shoot images with recognizable backgrounds. None of those guys want you seeing that field and being able to find it. There could be a few more things there and they don't want competition.
What they are doing is perfectly legal and out in the open. UK detectorists take videos and are proud of what they find because they live in a country that allows them to find coins like this and not be sent to jail. In many places a coin found like this would already have been melted into a form that would not be traceable or confiscated as government property.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice video, wouldnt that be something to find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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wwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooow! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 , lucandy! |
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Posted 03/14/2012 10:41 pm
