2015 year old Silver Denarius of Augustus on first hunt of the season

[Westfront]

First barley is cut here and fields are grubbed. Went out today to look if one of our roman sites is ready to hunt. We found only one, but one with good finds in the past. I wasn't disappointed today. It's a low trash field because it's detected since years. We spent 5hrs detecting, the farmer drove by checking who's on his field, he waved and wished good luck.
4 roman coins turned up with one silver. I absolute love this Denarius because of the history behind. Augustus was the first roman emperor. Roman Republic ended with his father Julius Caesar. He lived around the time of Christ's birth, was named in the Bible, gave the month August his name and the find was made almost exact 2001 years after his death in august 14 ad.

Roman Empire 2 b.C. - 4 a.D.
Obverse: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. Laureate head at right.
Reverse: (AVGV)STI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES below, Gaius and Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield and a spear; in field above, a lituus right and simpulum left.

A better Follis of Constantinus turned up also. Trier mint 316 ad. Another great find was an Amphora handle frag with 2" diameter, making it the biggest handle i've ever found. Must been a huge thing!

 

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[ARC]

Two words...
First one = Wow
Second = Banner.

Gaius and Lucius ?

 

[plugcutter84]

Wow incredible finds! I'm happy to find a coin from the 1800's... It must be absolutely incredible to find something that old! Congrats!

 

[Westfront]

Two words...
First one = Wow
Second = Banner.

Gaius and Lucius ?

First= Thanks!
Second= Yes!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Caesar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Caesar

 

[Plumbata]

Man, that denarius is a great find! I love ancient Roman silver, I bought a pile a little while ago and about half proved to be fakes, something you don't really need to worry about when you can dig them yourself!

 

[ARC]

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ae...lucius_very_complete_coin/599180/Default.aspx

 

[thrifty76now]

Super find. Wish I could get over to those old countries and unearth just one like those!!!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

NICE COIN !
And what a year, year zero, that is over the top cool.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Wow! Super cool you can make finds like that over there! Congrats!
The detail on that is fantastic! Nice Banner find!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Nice finds for sure. Can you please describe the other items that you have pictured? Looks like some old coins and nice relics most of which we never find here so it'd be interesting to learn something. Thanks.

 

[Limey-digger]

Looks like you had a good start to the season. A nice denarius on the first day is a good omen of things to come. The Constantine coins always seem to hold up well in the ground compared to other bronzes, I have a very similar Trier mint coin of Constantine in similar condition.
good luck for the rest of the season.
George.

 

[romeo-1]

That's a real beauty...lots of detail left there!!!

 

[robfinds]

Nice one Westfront, looks like you're in the lead.

 

[DocBeav]

Wow! That is Awesome! I don't know much about Roman coins but that sound like it could be a Banner find there! Great job!

 

[sutphin]

WESTFRONT YOU WENT TO FOREFRONT AND DUG SOME REALLY NEAT RELICS UP. LOOK AT THOSE DANG ROMAN FINDS JUST FOR VEIWING 0N THE TNET SITE.

 

[weasel606]

WOW is all i can say Awesome finds congrats

 

[basque-man]

I wouldn't know how to react finding something that old!!!! Talk about holding a piece of history! Nice save!!!!

 

[LI Tom]

Wow,what finds!!I have the Denarius in my collection,it would be such a thrill to find one.The two lads on the reverse are Augustus's grandsons.He outlived both of them.

 

[Gridwalker306]

That's the kind of thing you dig up and it gets the heart pumping with how amazing the history behind it is. That is a great find!

 

[pepperj]

What a way of starting off with grabbing a beauty like that silver, congrats on the find and the condition.