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Just unashamedly showing off one of my favourite coins really! sorry. Cleaned and photographed this hoard coin I found myself light box and macro shot with blue daylight lamp, had not liked previous pics , but now I can show it to its full glory.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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Beautiful coin and an excellent picture.
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Valued Member
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thanks...very proud of this one....found it with 1600 others in a field three years ago.
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Valued Member
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super macro function is great, but shows up any flaws as well as qualities. Sadly no remote shutter function, so used a small tripod and 2 second time delay and stood well back!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
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The coin was covered from head to toe in the green lumpy stuff you can just make out on the reverse at the bottom edge........copper oxides from other coins touching it in the Roman vessel they were found in. Many hours picking carefully under magnification..........many many.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Wow, 1600? What did you do with them all? Did the treasure act kick in?
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Valued Member
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Yep.....all handed in and all returned by the BM after recording. I have rather alot at home!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Just noticed how crisp the reverse is. They actually carved little oars for the galley...I dont have one like that!
Can we get a picture of the hoard? Did you get to keep the jar? And did you bother cleaning them all? I have one coated in Green which mustve come from a hoard but I've never taken the time to clean it.
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Valued Member
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They cleaned some, a little to ID them only, but the rest are in need of a good clean. Jar is in fragments......took a picture of them all in a pile covered in mud on my kitchen table. I'll get it on here .......Found 600 scattered on the surface in a 10m2 area and then the metal detector found a hotspot in the middle......2ft down it went berserk and the next spade load spilled out hundreds and hundreds of coins ........ never forget it!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wowza! Nice coin and great picture!
Great story too. Do you have a website or blog with the details and pictures of the momentous occasion?
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No, sadly not. The landowner is a bit paranoid about the whole thing and doesn't want his field dug up by unscrupulous nighthawkers.
I have the moment of finding the hoard firmly embedded in my brain though! one of those once in a lifetime moments.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, I don't blame the land owner for feeling that way. How long ago was this?
It's great to have you here, welcome. Sounds like we're going to see all kinds of interesting posts from you!
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It was about 4 years ago. I had been metal detecting for 3 months and had never found a single Roman coin until I found the first of the 600 scattered above the pot! Luck isn't the word....someone was looking down on me that day and I'd like to think they were wearing a toga.
Feel welcome here already which is nice thanks, I'm no expert, but I will bring enthusiasm to the party and a cheap bottle of wine.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Brilliant story.
Looks like you deserved the coins.
Was it "pot" luck or had you put in the study?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good coin, better camera but fabulous story. I see adding a lot to this message board. Yes! Another interesting personality. The US collectors and numismatists are surely in envy of you. If you go out to a field here, you find beer cans and Lincoln pennies from the 1970's. I found 5 pennies in a park once.
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Posted 11/07/2013 6:29 pm
