For the old coin folks...

[Ridley]

I was showing the kids my coin collection (from when I was a kid) today. When low and behold I found a Roman coin my fiancee's brother had given me
on a trip to Italy in the late 80's.
He was an archaeologist working on a site at "The City of Water".

Anyway. The relationship ended on a sour note and I thought she took the coin back to Italy with her. But, there it was. Wrapped in cotton inside a jewelry case.
I must have stashed it there and forgotten.

Check it out...


I wonder if it's valuable. Nice to have it back though.


Cheers!


Ridley

 

[Moonshadow]

What a nice surprise!! I think I would keep it dude. Long since been forgotten by now.
Good for you!

HH,
Moon

 

[ran-man]

nice

 

[coinman66]

Nice!

 

[RonNewbie]

Relationship gone, coin isn't... I would get that checked. I'm certain it would be worth some bucks...

 

[Wolfbite]

Nice coin.HH Wolfbite

 

[Darod]

Very cool coin!

Don't ya just love the really old stuff. To me it doesn't even matter if it
valueable or not, it's still neat

Rod

 

[Ridley]

Relationship gone, coin isn't... I would get that checked. I'm certain it would be worth some bucks...

I did a little research and it's a very common Roman commemorative coin. There's hundreds of variations of it. It dates to about 330 A.D.

It commemorates CONSTANT- OPOLIS. Similar coins in great condition go for $40.-, so It's probably worth $5.-

The story is thousands of them washed out of the ancient city sewer after a huge rain storm. The archaeologists simply split them up and took them home.

Her brother made some killer home-made wine too. I forgot all about that guy. He was pretty cool.


Ridley

 

[Snee]

Yeah, most ancient roman coins aren't worth a whole lot and are rather common. But that doesn't take from the fact that they're really really old and very cool!

 

[lonewolfe]

cool coin,

HH

 

[Salvager]

Awesome coin

 

[Night Stalker]

Very unique - thanks for sharing.

Good luck next time out......

HH/Tim

 

[patpall22]

Very nice piece of history! No better feeling that being surprised by something long forgotten about. I think some coins just don't want to be remembered.

 

[RonO]

Look at it like this. Your former fiancee has probably aged quite a bit by now, but the Roman coin still looks the same. lol

Ron

 

[dugupfinds]

Hi,

Here are the ones I found in the UK.

Its a commemorative coin of Constantine I AD 336-346

AE4 ranges 14-18mm

 

[Ridley]

Hi,

Here are the ones I found in the UK.

Its a commemorative coin of Constantine I AD 336-346

AE4 ranges 14-18mm

Those are in wonderful shape, dug!

Thanks for showing them.



Ridley