First Roman Coin UPDATE New Discovery

[goldnow]

UPDATE;...Spent one man hour and two dog hours going over and around the area I found the Roman coin two days ago. The chestnut leaves are 4 inches thick, so I'm not getting the depth I would like, but still came up with something interesting only five paces uphill from the Roman coin hole. I have added two more pictures below of the find.

It is bronze, and a rim piece of some sort of vessel or vase. It looks to be, I'm guessing/hoping/praying it also is Roman, as that would lend some good hope to find the "unmentionable" first on anybody's list. It came out of the ground pretty much as you see it, with no crud, decay, or whatever, with a light green patina on the inside side.

Anybody here can identify it?

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Frustrated, as Wifey took the car, I decided to tweek the Tesoro for some deeper hits on my own land that I have done relentlessly since August. Surprisingly, I got a few whatsits, a couple of old coins, and then a crusty unreadable coin, on land I've been over a couple of times.

Dropped the crusty coin into some olive oil, waited, did some thumbnail rubbing, and I think, I hope, I got my oldest coin so far, a Roman. (My oldest to date is a silver circa 1600.) The crusty was only 5" down in undisturbed land.

The first two pics are the coin out of the ground after a light rinse.
The rest of the pics are "afters" in different angles. The back has not been cleaned , but it looks like a man standing with a staff (2nd to last pic).

Not being able to get an ID from the internet, Romans being an endless-never-ending subject, I was hoping someone could help me date and identify this find.

[kane23]

Nice find! Looks like a bronze Domitian Dupondius,that would be 81-98 AD,way to go my man! kane 23

[Mackaydon]

My WAG: Germanicus, who died in AD 19. I seem to read: AVG GE.... as in Augustus Germanicus.
Don....

[goldnow]

Nice find! Looks like a bronze Domitian Dupondius,that would be 81-98 AD,way to go my man! kane 23

Thanks Kane, I'm whooping and hollering on this end with your helpful great news! I just dropped 1500 years off my oldest coin find!!!

I've spent a few months looking for a single, any condition, Roman coin here IN Italy, as I watched those Brits hoover them up day after day without even a care...

Thanks,
Goldnow

[ivan salis]

dat is a for sure roman . now to hunt down which one -- try "roman forum" on line --its great to help id these buggers

avg --is used in their coinage means the title "augustus" then their name -- think macs got it

[goldnow]

My WAG: Germanicus, who died in AD 19. I seem to read: AVG GE.... as in Augustus Germanicus.
Don....

Don, This is getting better all the time.

Now Augustus is a name I recognize.

Thanks,
Goldnow

[cybercop106]

Looks like Kane called it correctly.......

[Mackaydon]

Augustus, in this context, is not the name of a particular person, but the title bestowed on one who is the emperor.

[ivan salis]

yep --augustus --as in title --- AVG

[ivan salis]

must say the coin looks to be a match to kanes id however.

[Mackaydon]

"GERM" can also be part of the title to other emperors, designating they were defeaters of the Germans.
Don.....

[ivan salis]

yes but look at the location of the marking and overall profile of the head

[goldnow]

Looks like Kane called it correctly.......

The profile is a bit different on mine, as well as I see crown points radiating from his head on mine.

Should I clean further? How?, or leave it as is?

[ivan salis]

ah crown points later time frame !! the early ones use laurel wreaths

[allen]

leave as is !!
congrats on an awesomely old coin !!

[ivan salis]

its your coin but over cleaning will screw up the patina

[goldnow]

I'll jut touch up the reverse to equal the same patina as the obverse, using the olive oil and thumbnail method as I did on the front.

Anyway , thanks you guys. You people really make this hobby special with all your support. I'd be lost without Treasurenet,.... sometimes.

I know many have gold, etc. on the top of their wish-list, as I do, of course, but you have no idea how this coin, after so long looking for one, gives me the same thrill.

[Silver Searcher]

I think what you have there is a coin of Nero, AE Dupondius......54-68AD Radiate bust right, can't make out much of the legend

SS

[CRUSADER]

Nice find! Looks like a bronze Domitian Dupondius,that would be 81-98 AD,way to go my man! kane 23

Agreed, I can see the faint DOMIT

http://time-lines.co.uk/domitian-mon...3-18185-0.html
Might be the one above, if not it is a Domitian Dupondus or AS

[cybercop106]

I think what you have there is a coin of Nero, AE Dupondius......54-68AD Radiate bust right, can't make out much of the legend

SS

Yeah, I can see the faint points of the crown, however the orientation of the letters don't match this coin. Run a line from the point of the chin through the ear hole and it bisects the A and V of AVG on goldnow's coin. Doing the same on the coin above puts that same line between the S and A of CAESAR. Additionally, the chin protrudes more and there's no 'low forehead' top knot on goldnow's. But we're gettin' there............