Did I Just Find a Roman Coin in Canada???

[romeo-1]

Probably not but the last find of today's hunt sure looks ancient!

Tony and I got out for another day at our new site only to arrive and find that it has been plowed . . . deep. Hills and valleys make detecting difficult but we gave it a couple hours anyway. Found a lot of heavy brass but the only coin found at this site was the 1918 large cent.

We moved on to the pasture which butts up against this field on one side and I found the broken shoe buckle and a lot of trash. Still waiting for the corn to come out on the other side of the field so we can chase the site.

We spent the next two hours hunting for a place to detect and ended up back at the site where I found the 1690s Netherlands Spanish copper and the as yet unidentified hammered silver. We only spent an hour here and the last target of the day was the "Roman" . It's got the look and feel but is, as seen, quite damaged. Definitely enough to identify so please...have at 'er! Thanks again for looking!

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice finds!

 

[Carolina Tom]

That does not look like the correct font for a really old Roman Empire coin... perhaps Italian... maybe I am missing something though.

Appears to say: ROMMA on it, which is Italian for Rome... I believe.

See how the font on the attached one looks. Yours looks much more modern.

Hopefully someone that KNOWS what they are talking about will stop by shortly and correct me.

Nice finds sir, congrats!

 

[romeo-1]

That does not look like the correct font for a really old Roman Empire coin... perhaps Italian... maybe I am missing something though.

Appears to say: ROMMA on it, which is Italian for Rome... I believe.

Nice finds sir!

Thanks...just one "M" in Roma on the coin. I did some quick Googling and did see some romans with similar font...I just don't know enough. Italian sounds more logical...just got to get an ID on it.

 

[CRUSADER]

Something not quite right. The rim look more moulded/cast than hammered. Its broken/fractured in a strange way, not a normal Roman coin break. I don't know what coin its coping or maybe a fantasy, but I'll get Cru'Dad on the case to check, just in case.

 

[romeo-1]

Something not quite right. The rim look more moulded/cast than hammered. Its broken/fractured in a strange way, not a normal Roman coin break. I don't know what coin its coping or maybe a fantasy, but I'll get Cru'Dad on the case to check, just in case.

Thanks...its a very strange coin. Gave quite a low reading on the detector as well...

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks...its a very strange coin. Gave quite a low reading on the detector as well...

I suspect its a small medallion, made from a zinc or pewter type of mix. A bronze should hit a little higher than 50 but Roman coins do hit all over the place.

 

[Mackaydon]

I agree with Carolina Tom; the lettters ROM or OMA appears to be too 'formal'.
Another point: I dont recall ever seeing an ancient Roman coin with ROMA on both sides of the coin in the exergue.
Don.....

 

[romeo-1]

I suspect its a small medallion, made from a zinc or pewter type of mix. A bronze should hit a little higher than 50 but Roman coins do hit all over the place.

I started thinking medallion as well...maybe communion related. It is quite heavy so not really sure what it is made from...

 

[CRUSADER]

I agree with Carolina Tom; the lettters ROM or OMA appears to be too 'formal'.
Another point: I dont recall ever seeing an ancient Roman coin with ROMA on both sides of the coin in the exergue.
Don.....

Nor do I.

 

[romeo-1]

I agree with Carolina Tom; the lettters ROM or OMA appears to be too 'formal'.
Another point: I dont recall ever seeing an ancient Roman coin with ROMA on both sides of the coin in the exergue.
Don.....

Good point! I know next to nothing about romans...hence my excitement.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[Mzjavert]

Nice large cent.

 

[gheenoe78]

Looks like an antique Catholic medal to me. Kinda like these...

 

[sutphin]

NEET FIND

 

[romeo-1]

Looking more and more like a vatican/papal medal and less like a Roman coin...oh well...I still got a charge out of it!

 

[ironhorse]

so I guess it's safe to say your site wasn't conquered by the Romans, but you guys will conquer the finds after the corn goes
I'm waiting for that post

great to see you guys getting out and finding some things and good things too!

 

[Relicific]

Gets the blood pumping I'm sure.

 

[CRUSADER]

So Cru'dad has similar thoughts;

''Been looking at it much earlier and it has ROMA in exergue on both sides with something like a shield or figures above. Pretty sure not a coin – so my thought was a Medallion type object not necessarily that old, by our standards, as looks a bit like Pot metal or tourist type memorabilia?''

 

[scruggs]

Interesting find you have, congratulations!