1068 d.c. Byzantine Coin. This is my best for now

[vince76]

 

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[missroma]

Very nice coin ! Tell us more details.

 

[Mackaydon]

Great save
Romanus IV (1068-1071) Constantinople mint. AE follis.'
Bust of Christ facing, dotted cross behind head, wearing pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with both hands.
In field: IC XC NI KA
Reverse: Cross, with globus and two pellets at each extremity and X at center, in the angles. Same as Sears 1866.
Don......
PS: Welcome to Treasure Net 'missroma'

 

[Mackaydon]

Adding on: The reverse depicts a cross quartered with the letters CΒΡΔ for the motto Σταυρὲ σου βοήθει Ρωμανόν δεσπότην ("Thy Cross aid the Lord Romanos")
Don.....

Source:

• Soloviev, A.V. (1935). "Les emblèmes héraldiques de Byzance et les Slaves". Seminarium Kondakovianum (in French) 7: 119–164.

 

[vince76]

Hello guys. Thank you for the comments.
Listen!
One day,on a small beach, I found two ottoman coins from about 1600-1700 so I decided to turn back the next day.
The next day, after searching for 10 min I found a German coin dated 1946 and than some euros. Then a guy came and told me to stop what I was doing.
Me: Why.
He: because the owner told me so
Me: tell him to come here and ask me by himself
He: he can not
Me: I'm not going to stop then and so he left but after 5 min another one arrived
He: mister stop it
Me: why?
He: cause you are not allowed use this one here
Me: this what?
He: this thing
Me: what is this that I can not use
He: this machinery
[emoji12][emoji12][emoji12]
I told him if he wanted me to stop he should call the police.

After 10 min I found this coin.
So guys
NEVER GIVE UP
[emoji6]

 

[supertraq]

Hello guys. Thank you for the comments.
Listen!
One day,on a small beach, I found two ottoman coins from about 1600-1700 so I decided to turn back the next day.
The next day, after searching for 10 min I found a German coin dated 1946 and than some euros. Then a guy came and told me to stop what I was doing.
Me: Why.
He: because the owner told me so
Me: tell him to come here and ask me by himself
He: he can not
Me: I'm not going to stop then and so he left but after 5 min another one arrived
He: mister stop it
Me: why?
He: cause you are not allowed use this one here
Me: this what?
He: this thing
Me: what is this that I can not use
He: this machinery
[emoji12][emoji12][emoji12]
I told him if he wanted me to stop he should call the police.

After 10 min I found this coin.
So guys
NEVER GIVE UP
[emoji6]

That don't fly here in the U.S.
Ruin it for others here if you do that,someone will start a petition,usually a idiot liberal and then a whole township will ban metal detecting.

 

[DaiJen]

Well done!

 

[Mackaydon]

Vince 76,
Keep hunting, finding and posting those Byzantine coins.
They are rarely seen on Treasure Net and each contains significant history.
Don.....

 

[vince76]

I wish i could find others like that [emoji1]

 

[vince76]

That don't fly here in the U.S.
Ruin it for others here if you do that,someone will start a petition,usually a idiot liberal and then a whole township will ban metal detecting.

It doesn't matter where but nobody can tell you: CAN NOT DO THIS if they don't know what it is. If he didn't know what I was doing how can he know if it is allowed or not. That's the point. [emoji106]

 

[Guest 1551]

Hello guys. Thank you for the comments.
Listen!
One day,on a small beach, I found two ottoman coins from about 1600-1700 so I decided to turn back the next day.
The next day, after searching for 10 min I found a German coin dated 1946 and than some euros. Then a guy came and told me to stop what I was doing.
Me: Why.
He: because the owner told me so
Me: tell him to come here and ask me by himself
He: he can not
Me: I'm not going to stop then and so he left but after 5 min another one arrived
He: mister stop it
Me: why?
He: cause you are not allowed use this one here
Me: this what?
He: this thing
Me: what is this that I can not use
He: this machinery
[emoji12][emoji12][emoji12]
I told him if he wanted me to stop he should call the police.

After 10 min I found this coin.
So guys
NEVER GIVE UP
[emoji6]

haha great job!

 

[CoilyGirl]

I am in awe. It is always amazing to me that the super old coins fare better in the ground than modern day clad. Congrats on a super neat find.

 

[A2coins]

Geeeezeze wow That is nice I cant believe its condition for its age.

 

[bill from lachine]

Vince,

Great looking coin....wtg.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[vince76]

Thanks guys.
And this is the small beach where i found it.

 

[Muddevill]

I have one similar to that,any way of finding a value to these?

 

[Mackaydon]

By the way, the IC - XC / NI-KA means: May Jesus Christ Conquer.
Don.....

 

[Mackaydon]

muddevill,
Welcome to Treasure Net !!
Care to post a pic of your coin?
Don......

 

[vince76]

I have one similar to that,any way of finding a value to these?

Have some nice pics of it and Post a new thread. Where did u find it? I have seen them in ebay around 100$ but never found the same to this one!

 

[vince76]

I sent pics of mine to a guy from Helvetica , on Wildwings and this is what he answered:

Line 59 in the "byzants" list, "Cross" page:
Note: the last letter on the reverse is a thin Delta. The legend might actually be C-A-R-D with R and D in Greek but the general consensus is that the second letter is an R and the third a P.

Romanus IV AE follis. Constantinople mint, AD 1068-1071.
Obv: IC over NI to left, XC over KA to right Christ, MB,
bust facing, dotted cross behind, holding book of Gospels.
Rev: C-R-P-D in the four corners of a cross with globe and
dots at the ends, X in the centre
SB 1866, DOC 8.

Your coin was much nicer than the second example on wildwinds so I have just replaced that one with yours.

Your coin is now on wildwinds
www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/romanus_IV/sb1866_2.jpg
www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/romanus_IV/sb1866_2.txt