✅ SOLVED Found this yesterday under a huge oak tree

[metalbobber]

Eight inches down under some roots. Roman?
It's heavy, very little corrosion and none removed either. Very much used and worn.

 

[metalbobber]

P.S.-- The photos came out yellowed. The object is dark gray to the eye.

 

[doublet2a]

Very interesting piece for sure..I like it!!

Tim

 

[recondigger]

Native Americans holding corn? I have no idea but that thing is outstanding

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[Frankyg]

Hi There,

I think this might be an early British colonial coin with a bust of George 1st, somewhere around the year 1775. I don't recognise the reverse picture but there were a lot of variations. These coins sell for anything from $50 upwards, depending on rarity so you may have a valuable coin there. Great find, hope this helps. I've attached a picture of a similar bust.
Frank

 

[vpnavy]

Wow - real nice finds metalbobber.

 

[Fletch88]

Very nice find Bobber!

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[CRUSADER]

Its a Roman Sestertius of the 1st or 2nd C AD. Looking at the portrait alone & with very few letters visible, it looks to be the Emporer Hadrian.

 

[flyadive]

The obverse to reverse is not flipped from up to down, rather left to right instead, makes me think it is some kind of token?
What do you think it's made from? What did your detector display?
I doubt it's a roman coin lost somewhere in Michigan.(French,German,English) What does history tells you of whom settled there?
Nice find either way!!
HH

 

[garren]

Good call Crusader...It is Hadrian.

Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt

 

[flyadive]

Yup .... Who would of thought a Hadrian coin would be found in Michigan!

 

[Frankyg]

I agree with Crusader that it looks like a Roman coin. The portrait shows the chin raised more than the normal George portrait giving it that haughty Roman appearance. George and his sons regarded themselves as being on a par with the Roman Emperors and often copied them in their appearance on coins and in paintings. It is difficult to be sure because of the wear on the coin but in my opinion the fact of where and how it was found fits with an age of about 300 plus years and makes it more likely to be British than Roman. The reverse looks very Roman, but again, this may have been a copy of a classic Roman design.
I'm looking forward to reading future entries on this thread.
Regards
Frank

 

[joesdigs]

Beautiful find I want a roman.. It's on my ever increasing never ending wish list.

 

[CRUSADER]

Yup .... Who would of thought a Hadrian coin would be found in Michigan!

Many Roman Coins are dug in the US, we have had plenty posted on here, not that unusual.

 

[Frankyg]

LOL, I've just seen Garren's post....pretty convincing. I guess previous generations of people have been collecting and exporting coins as well as us!!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Are there any huge walls nearby

SS

 

[metalbobber]

Good call Crusader...It is Hadrian.

Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt

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Thanks fellow THers for your insight. Here's an update - a coin shop has verified it as a genuine bronze Roman coin. As for the whys and whens, this area was travelled by many, including the French, Jesuits, British and Spanish dating back to the 1600s. A local history buff has stated that the hill where I discovered this find could be one of many American Indian burial mounds that exist here. I think the coin could have been a lucky piece carried by someone and lost. Although I can't picture it being carried in a pocket with other loose change wearing it down. A drilled hole for a necklace would make more sense. Anywho, it's still a mystery... how did it arrive in Michigan? I know this however, this ol' Hadrian is gonna be my lucky piece from now until I lose it, as a reminder that luck can come to anyone as long as they keep trying to get lucky. -- Keep diggin' . Meanwhile, I'll settle for silver and wheaties once in a while and maybe a surprise like this buried object gave me. You just never know do you? That's why I'm a THer and why I do so much research in the winter. It's fun, ain't it guys?

 

[cudamark]

Yup .... Who would of thought a Hadrian coin would be found in Michigan!

I'm sure there are plenty of them there....in someone's collection. Just because it's a Roman coin doesn't mean it was dropped by a Roman. judging by the lack of corrosion, it could have been lost 10 years ago by a school kid taking it to show and tell.

 

[damiani1]

That is a really cool find. Only thing I have found this year under a tree was a costume ring that I first mistaken for gold

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Is it seriously possible that some roman coin just got lost by a school kid a few years ago, could be eight inches or so down under a root? Seems more likely to me it was lost a few hundred years ago at least. Also bronze is a very tough metal, far more corrosion resistant that you would think, especially if it is sealed off from the atmosphere by some heavy clay. One should note that the Michigan area has had lots of copper mining activity by ancients and also is one of very few places on Earth where high purity copper deposits can be mined. I have seen postings on here of copper spearheads supposed to be 6000 year old found with detectors in that area. A 1900 year old roman coin is young compared to that =D