vince76
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Hi guys.
Because of the great results with Deus on both old sites that I have been searching with Garret, yesterday I decided to research one of my first sites. I have searched twice with at pro there, 5x8 coil bringing home one silver Drachm and one silver Denarius.
Getting there
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-24.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-24.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391681-8a0c41c866386bc861727f8b6cc98318.jpg)
I spent two hours finding almost nothing then deus was screaming in my ears. I thought about a can and ignored it. I took two steps forward but I turned back.
This beautiful Follis came out. This was the one that showed me which way to go.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-36.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-36.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391684-d67d5439f4df76af62f4400213190140.jpg)
After the first three other follis cane out. It was already time for lunch and I stopped to eat something. Just two meters from were I was laying I had a little surprise. First i thought it was the beer.![tongue3 :tongue3: :tongue3:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/tongue3.gif)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-36.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-36.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391688-21cd3907ab651605d0e70d95ec5eb61d.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-50.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-50.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391768-498a6c9702b3e77488d120bdc463a50a.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-11-20-31-52.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-11-20-31-52.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1392/1392388-26d4e648e5fa0bfcaa6a96427ac162cf.jpg)
Probably a late Roman or Byzantine.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-10.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-10.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391771-3ee2300ff842477faff3198303c8b92b.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-19.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-19.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391773-f3431eba1e99e16a75fa4b58b8e7c913.jpg)
This site was great because of the diversity of the coins. Roman, Byzantine, Greek and maybe even Ottoman's on the same soil. Bronze,silver and gold all together.
Justinian I, 527-65 AD, bronze follis, SB-207, bust facing / M, CON year XXIIII,
Justinian I, a follis of the type listed in the Sear Byzantine catalogue as number 168. "ANNO XIIII" is the date, the 14th year of the emperor's reign (AD 540-541). The obverse inscription is actually supposed to say "DN IVSTINIANVS PF AVG", though by the time this emperor came to power hardly anyone in the Empire could speak Latin anymore, including the people who made the coins, so the legends tend to get a bit mixed up
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-29.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-29.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391775-4721f2a9f14677eacee307caffa47cd8.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-40.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-40.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391779-9f3ec960dc1396e4884c6c0a39fc9f57.jpg)
Probably:
Roman emperor Antonius Pius (138-161 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: As) (As. Obverse: ANTONIUS AVG PIUS PP. Reverse: TR POT COS II SC PAX (exergue). PAX stg left., holding branch and cornucopiae.)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-46.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-46.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391782-806ba84a94bb6a9ec3e9a09762415c22.jpg)
Silver Denarius
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-12.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-12.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391785-766e61c289245b8069702fe3eaa4f571.jpg)
Silver Drachm with a hole
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-38.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-38.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391800-f1e1e03a21300f7a4480342237147350.jpg)
AR Drachm. 19mm. Maarkos and Lusania. MAARKOS above cow standing left suckling calf, A over MYPK monogram below / APOL LUSANIA around double stellate pattern.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-14.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-14.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391804-a815b27bd6dd82acd45d538b50a65214.jpg)
BYZANTINE
23 mm. Justinian (AD 527-565) usual 16-nummia denomination, only at Thessalonia
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-21.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-21.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391814-5caf68a2b55be2c4c617e7cbac23ded8.jpg)
Ancient Greek. No id yet
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-37.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-37.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391820-d91d71a499b50f92d2ec43ebd69f24e0.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-43.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-43.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391830-65134fdf0db64020ed83b64a713b8445.jpg)
Antigonos Gonatas * Athena * Pan, Bronze Drachm
Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: Pan standing right erecting a trophy; B-A, to left and right of Pan respectively. Φ in lower-left field, ligate monogram between Pan's legs.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-11.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-11.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391835-2bd44c3221f558039416d0fb26fe075c.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-16.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-16.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391838-11e2bb9c466d8ceea05f9abc0212788c.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-21.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-21.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391842-065482e83459fac26175df4d562c01d5.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-44.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-44.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391853-485236daea02a54faa404e730535e7e0.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-58.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-58.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391861-a4526228366dd4a886b14706e3a9ed11.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-08.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-08.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391864-13b6a46e0b732c91a9cecb30b55a43e4.jpg)
Byzantine bronze coin weights
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-14.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-14.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391871-329bb0ba55256303c97f2a74c01f897f.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-28.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-28.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391878-06c495647b6f81c944aa68ea6ce58d5b.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-33.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-33.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391885-ccbba0fc677c82d4c01856e21527c050.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-40.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-40.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391887-674c7d66a09398cc3bfb97c8dce84b7e.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-47.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-47.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391891-5dd9435c28b4dca78f8a70c87b8f8832.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-52.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-52.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391895-f010e981dee2a14dc2a17b7d0c84c038.jpg)
Sling bullets, probably pre-Roman.
![Screenshot_2018-01-11-11-27-24.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-11-11-27-24.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391909-59712666d3e1f20d3be9fda4d47a347a.jpg)
It was a very hard day but for sure was worth it. This time I had more quality than quantity.
Thanks for watching.![headbang :headbang: :headbang:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/headbang.gif)
Because of the great results with Deus on both old sites that I have been searching with Garret, yesterday I decided to research one of my first sites. I have searched twice with at pro there, 5x8 coil bringing home one silver Drachm and one silver Denarius.
Getting there
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-24.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-24.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391681-8a0c41c866386bc861727f8b6cc98318.jpg)
I spent two hours finding almost nothing then deus was screaming in my ears. I thought about a can and ignored it. I took two steps forward but I turned back.
This beautiful Follis came out. This was the one that showed me which way to go.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-36.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-13-36.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391684-d67d5439f4df76af62f4400213190140.jpg)
After the first three other follis cane out. It was already time for lunch and I stopped to eat something. Just two meters from were I was laying I had a little surprise. First i thought it was the beer.
![tongue3 :tongue3: :tongue3:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/tongue3.gif)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-36.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-36.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391688-21cd3907ab651605d0e70d95ec5eb61d.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-50.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-14-50.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391768-498a6c9702b3e77488d120bdc463a50a.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-11-20-31-52.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-11-20-31-52.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1392/1392388-26d4e648e5fa0bfcaa6a96427ac162cf.jpg)
Probably a late Roman or Byzantine.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-10.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-10.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391771-3ee2300ff842477faff3198303c8b92b.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-19.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-19.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391773-f3431eba1e99e16a75fa4b58b8e7c913.jpg)
This site was great because of the diversity of the coins. Roman, Byzantine, Greek and maybe even Ottoman's on the same soil. Bronze,silver and gold all together.
Justinian I, 527-65 AD, bronze follis, SB-207, bust facing / M, CON year XXIIII,
Justinian I, a follis of the type listed in the Sear Byzantine catalogue as number 168. "ANNO XIIII" is the date, the 14th year of the emperor's reign (AD 540-541). The obverse inscription is actually supposed to say "DN IVSTINIANVS PF AVG", though by the time this emperor came to power hardly anyone in the Empire could speak Latin anymore, including the people who made the coins, so the legends tend to get a bit mixed up
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-29.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-29.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391775-4721f2a9f14677eacee307caffa47cd8.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-40.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-40.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391779-9f3ec960dc1396e4884c6c0a39fc9f57.jpg)
Probably:
Roman emperor Antonius Pius (138-161 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: As) (As. Obverse: ANTONIUS AVG PIUS PP. Reverse: TR POT COS II SC PAX (exergue). PAX stg left., holding branch and cornucopiae.)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-46.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-15-46.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391782-806ba84a94bb6a9ec3e9a09762415c22.jpg)
Silver Denarius
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-12.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-12.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391785-766e61c289245b8069702fe3eaa4f571.jpg)
Silver Drachm with a hole
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-38.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-16-38.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391800-f1e1e03a21300f7a4480342237147350.jpg)
AR Drachm. 19mm. Maarkos and Lusania. MAARKOS above cow standing left suckling calf, A over MYPK monogram below / APOL LUSANIA around double stellate pattern.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-14.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-14.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391804-a815b27bd6dd82acd45d538b50a65214.jpg)
BYZANTINE
23 mm. Justinian (AD 527-565) usual 16-nummia denomination, only at Thessalonia
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-21.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-21.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391814-5caf68a2b55be2c4c617e7cbac23ded8.jpg)
Ancient Greek. No id yet
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-37.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-37.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391820-d91d71a499b50f92d2ec43ebd69f24e0.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-43.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-17-43.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391830-65134fdf0db64020ed83b64a713b8445.jpg)
Antigonos Gonatas * Athena * Pan, Bronze Drachm
Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: Pan standing right erecting a trophy; B-A, to left and right of Pan respectively. Φ in lower-left field, ligate monogram between Pan's legs.
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-11.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-11.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391835-2bd44c3221f558039416d0fb26fe075c.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-16.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-16.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391838-11e2bb9c466d8ceea05f9abc0212788c.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-21.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-21.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391842-065482e83459fac26175df4d562c01d5.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-44.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-44.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391853-485236daea02a54faa404e730535e7e0.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-58.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-18-58.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391861-a4526228366dd4a886b14706e3a9ed11.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-08.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-08.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391864-13b6a46e0b732c91a9cecb30b55a43e4.jpg)
Byzantine bronze coin weights
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-14.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-14.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391871-329bb0ba55256303c97f2a74c01f897f.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-28.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-28.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391878-06c495647b6f81c944aa68ea6ce58d5b.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-33.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-33.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391885-ccbba0fc677c82d4c01856e21527c050.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-40.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-40.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391887-674c7d66a09398cc3bfb97c8dce84b7e.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-47.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-47.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391891-5dd9435c28b4dca78f8a70c87b8f8832.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-52.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-10-21-19-52.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391895-f010e981dee2a14dc2a17b7d0c84c038.jpg)
Sling bullets, probably pre-Roman.
![Screenshot_2018-01-11-11-27-24.jpg Screenshot_2018-01-11-11-27-24.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1391/1391909-59712666d3e1f20d3be9fda4d47a347a.jpg)
It was a very hard day but for sure was worth it. This time I had more quality than quantity.
Thanks for watching.
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