found my 1st hammered coin

[berty]

Today me and my mate got out on the farm Only for a hour as the weather here in the uk is bad after about 20 mins and 5 pull rings this came up only about 2" down I have no idea of age or who it is on there yet but will look it up in my books tonight or if any of you know who it is let me know :-)

 

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[CRUSADER]

Not a medieval hammered, but its your first Roman Coin! (is it silver) Better pictures of both sides & Dad will ID. But at first glance it looks to be Carausius circa AD290.

 

[CRUSADER]

PS. You may want to search more of this area, it's very rare to get 1 Roman Coin, you are close to your first site (most likely).

 

[Terry Soloman]

Very nice - Congratulations!!

 

[berty]

PS. You may want to search more of this area, it's very rare to get 1 Roman Coin, you are close to your first site (most likely).

Yes this was the same field as the last coin my mate found
It looks to be silver in places but has a very dark covering I'm not to sure how to clean this so have only used water and a toothbrush
Here is a pic of the back it's the best I could get but I can't make anything out hope this helps you

 

[ivobg]

Wow what luck your first roman coin is silver
mine was billon

 

[CRUSADER]

Yes this was the same field as the last coin my mate found
It looks to be silver in places but has a very dark covering I'm not to sure how to clean this so have only used water and a toothbrush
Here is a pic of the back it's the best I could get but I can't make anything out hope this helps you


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I think its Carausius with Pax reverse, similar to above. These are normally silver washed or Billion (silver & bronze). I can't be sure because of the photo.

But that field is becoming interesting, funny how I can remotely sniff out those Romans (several hundred miles away)!!! LOL

 

[berty]

Wow what luck your first roman coin is silver mine was billon

I'm not to sure if it's silver I can see bits of silver but most of it is a black dark green
Is there a test I can do without making a mess of it

 

[oddrod]

Very nice, congratulations.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats on your first Roman coin!

 

[Mackaydon]

After turning the reverse pic 180 degrees, I can imagine eagle feet at the 5 o'clock position; part of my vivid imagination.
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