Last Chance Field - Snags a BUCKET LISTER!

[CRUSADER]

After my quick 1 hour scout on this field last time, I already knew where I wanted to grid. Mostly in the hope of 1 hammered, & when I got the Medieval Buckle Plate I thought I was on track. Until I was blown off the tracks with a freak/random Roman Silver. But not any silver, a Republic type that's on my wish list. Not in my top 5 but in the top 10.
Only spent 2 hours weed wacking & I'm still solo hunting with Cru'dad reading in the car.
This coin is my earliest Roman Coin, so I'm well pleased, more so as it's not the normal Helmeted type.

58 BC Republic Denarius of M Aemilius Scaurua and P Plautius Hypsaeus.

Obverse depicts:
King Aretas III of Nabataea kneeling in supplication by camel presenting Olive branch to Scaurus. The first time a moneyer put an event from his career onto coinage.

Reverse:
Jupiter in quadriga brandishing thunderbolt with Scorpion below horses

Bear in mind this is coin is dated over 100 years before they evaded us.

 

[tinpan]

Hi Crusader, nice old silver.Have been detecting somewhere near the ancient tin mines ? TP

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Wow cru your finds ars amazing !!
Love seeing your posts hh gl.
Great items and coins. Couldn't imagine digging
Coins that age.
Still able to identify.

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi Crusader, nice old silver.Have been detecting somewhere near the ancient tin mines ? TP

Nope the Tin Mines are some distance away.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Thanks for the history lesson Crusader. What an amazing piece of history!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Killer coin Cru! Love that cool and interesting design. Nice job scratching one off the bucket list.

 

[gheenoe78]

That is so cool. Love the chariot.

 

[Westfront]

Wowowow! Republic silver and a killer one! Camel and Scorpion...never seen before. Big congrats Cru!

 

[Kurios1]

Jaw dropping recovery on the BC silver mate. I doubt I will ever find anything remotely as old as this and haven't a clue how I might react upon first gazing at it. I reckon I'd faint.

 

[uglymailman]

Outstanding again Cru. Just make sure the next one is "way over" that a way. Good luck.

 

[Ahab8]

When I see "BUCKET LISTER" on your title I take notice. That's a great accomplished Cru. Congrats buddy

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great find Cru! When the title of your post includes the word "bucketlister" I know you have found something really special. Banner find-my vote is in Congratulations!

Yes that surprised me to, as English detectorists ....usually say one from the wish list.

SS

 

[Patriot Relics]

Can't imagine the feeling of digging a republic denarius over 2 millennia old...incredible recovery Cru

 

[CRUSADER]

Yes that surprised me to, as English detectorists ....usually say one from the wish list.

SS

Notice how I reverted back to Wish List in the body of the text. Shows how Tnet has influenced me over the years.

 

[CRUSADER]

Outstanding again Cru. Just make sure the next one is "way over" that a way. Good luck.

I won't have to worry about that, a random loss in a field with no other Roman signs is unlikely to show up another.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Notice how I reverted back to Wish List in the body of the text. Shows how Tnet has influenced me over the years.

OMG... you have become Americanised.

SS

 

[Gridwalker306]

Very interesting history and design on that one, congrats on finding a fine example! I'll hit the banner button too...

 

[basque-man]

Beautiful!!!!!

 

[btjbtj]

Simply amazing. Can't quite shut our gaping mouths over this one! Congrats. ~Lisa & John

 

[Benjamin52]

Killer find! Congrats! must have circulated quite a bit then before landing in Britain. Lucky you!

 

[landmagnet]

An amazing find BANNER VOTE!
in 57-56BC, the great roman geographer Strabo, and historian Diodorus Siculus, tell us the brilliant Publius Crassus, leader of Caesar's 7th legion in Gaul, undertook an exploratory expedition to Britain in search of the famous tin mines. Caesar's 'invasion' of 55-54BC, which was a failure, is written in Caesar's 'Gallic Wars ' as the first incursion onto British soil. No mention of poor Publius Crassus!! Puts an interesting slant on how this Denarius may have arrived ? Or did it appear here due to early trading? More questions than answers.!