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Coin Found Metal Detecting

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 Posted 10/05/2013  8:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add akasdorf to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I found this coin metal detecting in Central Michigan at my old house which was an old school house which operated from around 1890 to 1940. As you can see it is basically not distinguishable but I think I see a head on the one side that is facing the right and the head goes to almost the top of the coin. There is no ridge and the coin is more oval shaped than round, it also does not have any grooves around the outside.

Kind of a neat find but it would just be amazing if I knew what it is, I am curios by nature. ;)

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That's interesting where you found it. The coin appears to be ancient Roman and looks like the emperor Hadrian. You say you found in where an old school was. I bet someone brought it to school for Show and Tell one day and it got lost.
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I think you may be on to something based on the appearance of the male figure, the facial profile does look to be a fit.

I found a lot more detail when I took a bright flashlight and shined it across the surface it brings out a lot more detail. I am not sure how to photograph it yet but I will try tomorrow.

There is writing although I cannot make it out in the upper right portion of the side with the face.

On the backside with my little flashlight trick I can clearly make out an S and a C. The S is on the left side of the figure and the C is on the right side. I can also see what looks like a staff with leaves on the top of it to the right of the figure and I have to assume the person is holding it. It almost resembles a tree long tree branch that ends higher than where the head is on the figure and at the top of the "staff" there appears to be leaves of some sort.

Again, I will try to take some pictures trying to show the relief with the flashlight.

What does the S and C mean?
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If this has a SC on it like that, it's almost certainly Roman. These two letters were a common feature of most early Roman coins. Don't remember what exactly they stand for, but something to do with the Senate.
And that's cool. Don't remember hearing of anyone else finding Roman coins in the US before (understandably as no Europeans visited the place until well after the Roman Empire fell).
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