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This thread is for ancients that you have for which you know their location (and if possible) year of discovery, ex. this coin was found in [location] in [year]. I'll start with my Septimius Severus denarius. In addition to not having this emperor and the cheap price that it was being offered at, I also got it because according to the seller it was found in Yorkshire, England in 2010. I think it is pretty cool to know that I am one of it's first owners after nearly 1800 years buried in the ground and I also feel a bit of a special bond to it since it was found in the year I graduated from high school (although at that time I wasn't collecting ancients yet). I like to think of the journey it took from the mint workshop in Rome where it was struck all the way to one of the most remote corners of the empire. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, Laureate head right Rev: SALVTI AVGG, Salus seated and feeding snake, Rome mint, RIC 119A  (If you look closely, you can see dirt around Salus's right arm) Edited by VisigothKing
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Nice idea for a thread Jango  I'm sure I'll be able to add a couple over the next few days, unfortunately busy right now  Edited by bobbyhelmet
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Septimius Severus denarius Obv:- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head right Rev:-- MINER VICTRIC, Minerva standing left resting right hand on shield, holding spear in left hand Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196-197 Reference:- BMCRE -. RSC -. RIC -.  Bought uncleaned in my original hometown of Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom (Roman town of Maridvnvm). Found in Carmarthen in 2011. Martin |
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I only have a couple that I know where they were found and when. Two were found in hoards in GB. But the one I am posting was found by a metal detectorist at St Andrews, Scotland in 2010:  AE Follis, RIC VII 3, struck 313-14 AD at London OBV: IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right REV: GENIO POP ROM S-F, Genius standing left, modius on head, loins draped, holding patera & cornucopia, PLN in ex. 3.1g, 21mm |
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I have no idea where any of my coins were found. If I went metal detecting around here I wouldn't find much, maybe a super valuable Helios bottle cap, the Julius Caesar Nail or the rare and coveted AE Lincoln with the wheat reverse. Slim pickens in the NorthEast US. I suppose there are some Colonials to be had, but not on my property. :-)
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I should mentions that I found it fascinating that my coin should be found in my hometown as I specialise in collecting these and they come from the most Eastern imperial mint at that point but had made it all the way across to the most Westerly outpost of the empire before being lost only to be found 1800 years later.
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This coin was found in Hungary, along with quite a few of my other coins.  Constantine AE3. 327-328 AD. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, diademed head right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, soldier standing front, head turned right holding inverted spear, leaning on shield to right, S left, CONS in ex. RIC VII Constantinopolis 22  Quintillus AE Antoninianus. Mediolanum mint. IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head left, holding standard in either hand; S. RIC 52, Cohen 25. This coin was found in the UK. I purchased it from the people who found it. |
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Really liking this thread - Its nice to have this extra info on the coins. I've deliberately bought from detectorists recently so I can get this extra info. More important than quality to me, brings the coins alive.  Licinius, Minted London 315AD. Galerius, Minted London from 300AD.Both of these coins were found in the 1980s in a field next to the river at Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire. They were found just outside the walls of the Roman fort there, I bought them last year from the detectorist and cleaned them up slightly. The detectorist wasn't that interested in Roman coins so they had just sat in a box for 20 years since the were found.  Constantius, Minted Trier 296-297AD.Found in 2008 at Fulford, Yorkshire, again I know the actual field it was found in thanks to Google Earth  , about 1/2 mile from a known Roman road, same detectorist as above. I might have a few more to add to the thread when I have a bit more time. |
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Here is one that came from the Bourton-on-the-Water hoard, c. 1970:  Crispus, AE Follis RIC VII 144, struck at London, 318 AD OBV: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust right REV: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. Crescent in left field. Mintmark PLN 3.2g, 21mm This is one of mine that is listed on wildwinds.com |
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Wow Bobby, it is so cool to go out some where in the woods and find coins....wish we could find these here. Must of the coins I show are from a hoard that I bought. I'm trying to find out were they came from. I think knowing the history of the find would be awesome....very cool thread..  |
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This is another hoard coin. But to be honest, I'm not sure if it is Appleshaw or Llanedeyrn hoard. We had a discussion about this way back when. See https://goccf.com/t/108090Anyway, it's one of the two, and I think we settled on Appleshaw. The Appleshaw hoard was found in a meter deep pit dug through the cement floor of a Roman villa. The hoard may have been concealed by robbers or the owners in a time of insecurity. This is an AE Follis of Quintillus struck at the Rome mint in 270 AD, RIC V-1 Rome 25:  OBV: IMP CM AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG , radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right REV: MARTI PACIL, Mars walking left, holding olive branch, reversed spear and shield. X in left field |
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The following two Probus coins in my collection come from the Langcroft Hoard, found in September 2000 in Langtoft, East Yorkshire.   Martin |
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here's where I discover all my coins....  |
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