🥇 BANNER A Saxon Site - Day 6 - But started on 4 new fields - VERY RARE GALBA !!!

[CRUSADER]

Cru, incredible finds as usual and that Denerius is amazing. Sometimes (most of the time) I have a hard time wrapping my head around the things you guys pull out of the ground over there. "US old" and "England old" are apples and oranges! Usually I stare at your posts and have a hard time coming to terms with these things you guys find that are 1000's of years old, yet look incredible. It's gonna look great up top and as always, looking forward to your next post.

Thanks, but surely my next post is due a skunking.....

 

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[metalev4]

The stories it could tell... Amazing finds, congrats on another killer coin.

 

[BigWaveDave]

congratulations on your 23rd banner find....

23 banner finds...geesh, I hope you like it when I find a shotgun shell.

 

[Argentium]

Wow ! That Galba sure looks nice up there !

 

[Coinsniffa]

Wow!!! Big congrats on such a rare and incredible piece of history!

 

[Scrappy]

Very exciting day for me as well Cru, until I took a look at your post. Lol

I'm always see something I've never seen before and learn something new every time I read your posts. Thanks bud for your contributions to this forum.

Cheers Steve

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Congrats on the Banner, the coin looks great!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Beautiful finds for you and your Dad as always Cru, congrats on making BANNER #23 mate!
I love the look of this piece, very nice my friend!

Dave

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

Killer , one name in history most have herd of .

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

23rd banner Crusader....congrats man thats awesome...great finds!

 

[beez0404]

So that's older then a mercury dime right? I believe I'll add one or two of those on my bucket list. Western North Carolina is SO rich with history I am sure there must be a few of them around my parts. Congratulations on such a wonderful coin.

 

[against the wind]

Pulling history out of the ground, , one piece at a time. Well done.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Can see why you would have at first though Celtic Silver, as that is what I though seeing it on the banner ( the pic. a little small) but the amount of detail on the horse, and rider is much greater, and frankly quite amazing. As I've mentioned before the workmanship on these 2000 year old coins is fantastic, imagine carving that die without any reducing machine, using just chisels, and no motororized machines to sharpen them with.


Congrats on a great find.

 

[MichiganMan]

Very exciting!. And thanks to Cru'Dad for doing the research that creates a mental picture of what might have been going on in that area at the time.

 

[Davers]

Yesterday Land-Mag kindly took me out for a 2 hour scout of 4 new fields (never tried). Our research had 1 of the 4 fields as a possible Roman Site. We called this field the No.1 Site, as it was the first we tried & I found a No.1 Shooting position Peg. There was quite a bit of Roman Pottery but no metal finds. We moved next door & found another site covered in pottery but I only had 1 Roman Coin. Finished the 2 hours with picture 1 (1 coin, 1 button, 1 thimble).
Cru'Dad & I returned this morning & after 40 minutes crossed off another of the fields with Cru'Dads Will III love token being the only find.
We then tried the biggest field & we soon realised this was a bust. So in desperation I jumped the ditch back into the No.1 field & was going to give it one last try before we left for Lunch. I was guided to this area, because of the curving ditch, & within 40 paces I got a Roman Silver (Sept Sev). 'Great' I thought, saved the day. Cru'Dad & I then gridded this area & before you know it, another silver popped up but this time we could tell it was special. Only 1 other scrappy came out before we left for lunch.
We then moved to the Saxon Site & did another 2 hours with 2 hammered! (5 hour total day)

Livery Button
Medieval Lead Button
Barrel Tap Key
1 Scrappy yesterday & 1 today
Jetton
2 Roman Iron Lock pieces + a nail
17th-18th C Leather Mount
Tudor Book Clasp
Small bit of Medieval Annular Brooch
Tudor Clothes Fastener - St John
Will III Sixpence - Love Token
Charles I Halfgroat 1634-35
Henry III Cut Farthing
Sept Sev Denarius
Very Rare (R2 rated with 15 known at time of publish) Denarius of Galba AD68, minted in Tarraco, modern day Tarragona in Spain. For travelling that far its in specimen condition. This is my best coin find this year!

UPDATE:
(Dads research)
Galba’s first “Imp” coins started early Apr 68 during his joining the revolt against Nero and he came fully to power after Nero’s suicide on 9 Jun 68. However, he only lasted to15 Jan 69 when he was assassinated. So his coins with IMP were only minted for 9 months (not a couple of years) with your type being the first in a non-roman style due to using a Spanish regional mint with no portraiture available. These came later when the Rome mint crafted and used his features on coins minted after his acceptance as Emperor by the Senate

OH YEAH CRU!!!!!
CONGRATZ ON THE BANNER!
Only Minted for 9 months & that time period tell me 'Very Rare' & In nice shape also.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks to all the comments & votes.

Detecting can still throw up those unbelievable finds when you least expect it.

 

[CRUSADER]

Further Update:

Added to top as well. The British Museum have 2 but none yet recorded on the PAS database.

 

[Westfront]

That's a find which is really rare.

Congrats on the Banner!

 

[bill from lachine]

Cru,

Congratulations on banner.....with the rarity factor it should be worth some serious money.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[ajaj]

Awesome, awesome!

aj