ancient Roman coin found Cass County, Ill.,

[jeff of pa]

Anonymous; Scientific American, 46:382, 1882.

A farmer in Cass County, Ill., picked up on his farm a curious bronze coin, which Dr. J. f. snyder sent to Prof. F. F. Hilder, of St. Louis, who writes about it as follows to the Kansas City Review:


http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Lagoon/1345/coin.html

 

[Lowbatts]

Got a few Roman coins from the UK myself. Could drop them one day while walking around and who knows what could come of it?!?

All sorts of possibilities.

 

[Goose-0]

In 2002, I found a large Ptolemaic (246-221 BC - Egypt) bronze coin in central Minn. (Made W&E best finds-2002). No doubt a kid was taking it to school for 'Show & Tell' and lost it.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Why not?

Illinois: the seat of civilization.

"One of the relatively few marble slabs removed from
the Illinois site portrays either a Mauritanian ruler or high
priest of the 1st Century A.D.

 

[Lowbatts]

Isn't Mauritania south of Romeoville?