Hot day with them Romans

[Westfront]

We were out on the outskirts of a site with the longest roman occupation i have access to. We had a hot summer day and my neck got anohter sunburn... Coin finds go from 50BC to the late roman 4thC. Today we had the later ones. The tiny medieval buckle with 17mm if complete is my fave find today. Too bad it's broken. Same goes to the Follis of Constantius 314-315AD and the broken As with galley. Almost all look like the scrappy one on top of the coin pic.

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[uglymailman]

I guess when you cant find silver you can still find those 50 cal.'s for the scrap pile. Nice old Roman coins. Did they break them in half on purpose? Good luck.

 

[Mzjavert]

Congratulations!

 

[RVRoamer74]

Congrats !!! That's some ancient coinage....

 

[Scrappy]

It is too bad that spectacle buckle was broken, but I gather that a majority come out that way from plows. Great coins too

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dad's thoughts;

''Westfront posted a recent hunt with 2 broken coins. One of them he thought was a broken AS with a Galley. In fact it is a broken Dupondis of Augustus and Agrippa showing the Left facing Head of Agrippa wearing Rostral Crown (Right facing Head of Augustus is broken off) with the IM of IMP which lies centrally between the 2 heads. Below would be DIVI F. There were a number of issues of these from circa 27 BC to AD 10 with only minor changes to the original design (the latter ones having PP split either side of the heads near the neckline). The Reverse is actually a Crocodile right, chained to a palm, wreath with long tiles above, two palms below. (what look like oars at the back are the feet!) The Text reads COL (on the left of Palm) and NEM (on the right which is on the broken bit missing). That signifies the title Colonia Augusta Nemausus which the Emperor Augustus conferred on a colony of Southern Gaul. The reverse commemorates the conquest of Egypt in 30BC following on from the defeat of Marc Antony in the Actium sea battle. The coin commemorates the life of the great Roman General Agrippa a life-long friend and supporter of Augustus also marrying the emperor’s daughter Julia.''

 

[CRUSADER]

So it was 1 of the early ones as well.

On the bottom left coin I can see the Eagle - CONSECRATIO (Reverse)

 

[Benjamin52]

Cru'Dad's thoughts;

''Westfront posted a recent hunt with 2 broken coins. One of them he thought was a broken AS with a Galley. In fact it is a broken Dupondis of Augustus and Agrippa showing the Left facing Head of Agrippa wearing Rostral Crown (Right facing Head of Augustus is broken off) with the IM of IMP which lies centrally between the 2 heads. Below would be DIVI F. There were a number of issues of these from circa 27 BC to AD 10 with only minor changes to the original design (the latter ones having PP split either side of the heads near the neckline). The Reverse is actually a Crocodile right, chained to a palm, wreath with long tiles above, two palms below. (what look like oars at the back are the feet!) The Text reads COL (on the left of Palm) and NEM (on the right which is on the broken bit missing). That signifies the title Colonia Augusta Nemausus which the Emperor Augustus conferred on a colony of Southern Gaul. The reverse commemorates the conquest of Egypt in 30BC following on from the defeat of Marc Antony in the Actium sea battle. The coin commemorates the life of the great Roman General Agrippa a life-long friend and supporter of Augustus also marrying the emperor’s daughter Julia.''

Wow so interesting, I guessed scorpion tail first with legs but then the galley seemed more plausible.
So the coin is older even!

 

[Kurios1]

Amazing ancient coins & relics. So much history on this sight. Well done.

 

[pepperj]

Well done on the romans, there's old and then there's really old and it seems your on some really old dirt. Congrats

 

[Phishfindr]

Great finds. Congrats!

 

[Benjamin52]

On ma shops "Augustus and Agrippa As" there are overproportionately many of these coins that are split in half. I wonder if they were commonly split deliberately ?

https://www.ma-shops.com/shops/sear...s&catid=6&submitBtn=Search&lang=es&PHPSESSID=

maybe to separate the heads due to political motivation?

 

[Westfront]

I guess when you cant find silver you can still find those 50 cal.'s for the scrap pile. Nice old Roman coins. Did they break them in half on purpose? Good luck.

On ma shops "Augustus and Agrippa As" there are overproportionately many of these coins that are split in half. I wonder if they were commonly split deliberately ?

https://www.ma-shops.com/shops/sear...s&catid=6&submitBtn=Search&lang=es&PHPSESSID=

Really don't know. Maybe split because a Dupondius is worth two As. On the other hand, Romans had so many coins they don't needed to make half coins for change.

 

[Westfront]

Cru'Dad's thoughts;

Many thanks to Crudad again! He really knows his stuff!

 

[Westfront]

It is too bad that spectacle buckle was broken, but I gather that a majority come out that way from plows. Great coins too

Thanks Scrappy, most are broken and this tiny one is very fragile, the bigger and more massive buckles have a better chance to survive.

 

[Westfront]

So it was 1 of the early ones as well.

On the bottom left coin I can see the Eagle - CONSECRATIO (Reverse)

Yes, very nice to get another old coin.

 

[CRUSADER]

Really don't know. Maybe split because a Dupondius is worth two As. On the other hand, Romans had so many coins they don't needed to make half coins for change.

We do see quite a few cut Roman Coins & change is the only logical answer, unless they are on a metal Working site.

 

[Relicific]

Awesome hunt
Congrats