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Evening all  , Just after your expert opinions on a coin(?) that was found in Mold (N. Wales) - Not the fungus! Got no other information about it, so thought I'd go to the experts! Looks to be very rough cast bronze, but could be totally wrong - So if you've got any opinions, please feel free to comment. It would be good to know what it is... Thanks Simon114   |
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Pillar of the Community
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It is a Roman Republican copper as (Janus/Prow). More ID needs size/weight.
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Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply :)
Its 21.5grams (0.75oz) in weight and has an approx diameter of 1.7cms
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Pillar of the Community
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Curious...whats a republican coin doing under wales?
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Pillar of the Community
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Perhaps c.160BC? If there are minor type marks they will have to await someone seeing the photos with more clear eyes. Don't ask how a coin of that period got to Wales.
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 to the community Very interesting find, especially that early of a Roman coin being found in that area. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Could have been brought there by a Celt.
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Bing I cannot say in words what that looks like to me ?
"Rorschach"
Edited by rooneydog
01/27/2013 3:39 pm
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You need to get that to your local museum - thats a really old coin. The oldest coin was a republican that was found in a hoard. Perhaps the British museum might want it!
What other coins do you get from the area?
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All, thanks very much for the responses - I got the coin from my partners sister and she found it when walking her dog. I am truly amazed that this is such an exciting coin. I live in Liverpool so I'll give the museum a ring tomorrow and see how I proceed with getting the coin to them to look at.
I'll provide updates from there... So watch this space - The saga continues! :-)
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01/27/2013 4:32 pm
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If it was a surface find rather than a metal detectorist, I'd have to consider it was dropped recently by a person carrying it (pocket piece or running away after breaking into a house and stealing it?). It has some polish so I doubt it was first brought to light recently but came from a collection.
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now that would be an interesting thing to bump in to while walking the dog!  |
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In 2004 when we got burgled, the thief escaped from the bedroom window, but not before taking a small ceramic bowl by the window, which only had a few old foriegn coins in, such as French Francs.
We found the bowl nearby a few days later.
So I can understand the supposition of this AE Republican As being on the surface as a result of a house break in, then dropping it as he/she could make no sense of its value.
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