Brooch Field - Day 2 - Another ROMAN SILVER...

[CRUSADER]

I returned to the Brooch Field for a solo 3.5 hour hunt & ended up with another silver, back-to-back hunts!
The field lived up to it's name;

3 Fibula (Brooches)
7 Roman Bronze Coins
Denarius of Handrian circa AD120.

 

[Westfront]

More from this field.... And some coins are in very good condition, does it had a good plow? Like the brown patina on the Denarius. Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

More from this field.... And some coins are in very good condition, does it had a good plow? Like the brown patina on the Denarius. Congrats!

No, it's due a deeper plough after the oilseed rape. We have had 2 bad years from this field, so this was a real surprise. Only doing it because of the large area of failed crop!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some more great finds

 

[crabstang44]

some coins cru

 

[Relicific]

Congrats and keep em coming

 

[Scrappy]

Very very nice denarius Cru. Interesting fibula under the iron buckle. At first I was thinking a broken (integral) buckle plate. (Whenever I read your posts, I first try and challenge myself with ID's to help learn)

Cheers and congrats on your Roman silver streak!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on another great hunt!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Love the deep patina on those bronze coins after 2000 years, nice haul Cru

 

[toasted]

The most famous Roman ruins in England. Hadrians Wall? A silver of Hadrian. Doesnt get much better than that if you ask me

 

[Plumbata]

Nice finds, the older large bronzes must be welcome digs. I see a Dupondius, are the others the same or asses?

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice finds, the older large bronzes must be welcome digs. I see a Dupondius, are the others the same or asses?

Actually the left is a light (but very thick) Ses. of Faustina Junior. The other 2 are Dupondius of Dominitian (Don't find many of him).

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Argentium]

Great on another denarius ! I too like the patina on those larger bronzes , must be a surprise to see them come out that nice . As you likely know we have zinc cents in the U.S. (since 1982) they come out rotting badly after a couple years in the dirt .

 

[CRUSADER]

Great on another denarius ! I too like the patina on those larger bronzes , must be a surprise to see them come out that nice . As you likely know we have zinc cents in the U.S. (since 1982) they come out rotting badly after a couple years in the dirt .

Yeap, whats more surprising is that we have missed them gridding that area for years!

 

[Plumbata]

Cool, thanks for the rundown on the bronzes. I'm not sure how the debased later imperial denominations related to eachother in actual purchasing power but a sestertius and 2 dupondii together were worth 1/2 a denarius, which would have bought 2 loaves of bread, a liter of pretty good wine or a rendezvous with a lady of the night, heh. Hope you find more of those nice fat bronzes, they are quite appealing.

 

[Benjamin52]

Congrats on some more Roman silver!