My Oldest Roman Coin Ever! Quinctius 112/1 BC + a Marc Anthony!

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Wow, what an amazing short outing that was. We were only out for 2.5 hours & I had all 4 of the Roman silvers. That might be a record in itself.
We gridded on from where we left off & the signals were everywhere. I was happy enough with the Marc Anthony, but when the odd looking Republic popped out, I knew I had a new record. This coin of Quinctius beats my oldest by 54 years. It must have been in circulation for over 150 years before it was lost on this early Roman Site! I'm just glad it wasn't too smooth to ID.

23 Roman Bronze Coins
17th C Button & Hunts Button (Boar head)
Spec Buckle
Medieval Leather Mount
1 silver plated coin of Postumus, 1 dedased one of Gallienus.
Denarius of Marc Anthony - Leg IV circa 31BC
Denarius of Quinctius 112/1 BC - :headbang:Bust of Hercules/ Two horses left, naked rider on the nearest horse, rat below. Not sure what the rat story is!?
Ti Quinctius AR Denarius. 112/1 BC. Bust of Hercules left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club over shoulder / two horses left, rider on the nearer horse; TI Q and rat below, DOS.S in incuse on tablet in ex. Cr297/1, Syd 563. * Sear RCV 174 * WildWin
 

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Now the trophy for the oldest roman Denarius goes to you! 119BC is hard to beat and the site with the oldest coins i can get is finished for this year...
I say i put in a Banner vote for this coin! :occasion14:
Old silver back and forth, you know i love these Marc Anthony Denari a lot.....my fave find in your post. :thumbsup:
 

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Now the trophy for the oldest roman Denarius goes to you! 119BC is hard to beat and the site with the oldest coins i can get is finished for this year...
I say i put in a Banner vote for this coin! :occasion14:
Old silver back and forth, you know i love these Marc Anthony Denari a lot.....my fave find in your post. :thumbsup:
Cheers, I never thought I would get one, or if I did, not one over 100BC +
 

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Cheers, I never thought I would get one, or if I did, not one over 100BC +

Simply a killer find for UK. Even here with the earlier occupation it would be killer. Imagine a coin this long is circulation and still IDable....
 

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just so hard to imagine a coin that old, you are a tiger with the detector. Well done and congrats Sir
 

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Awesome!!! Congrats!!! I can only Imagine��!!!!
 

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AMAZING HAUL! Congrats on your oldest Roman coin. You have my oldest coin beat by roughly ......2,000 years LOL
 

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Unreal ! Amazing piece of history saved ,that is one detailed coin I love the club over the shoulder. Without a doubt a banner find . Thanks for sharing
 

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Amazing! Yeah, I found a few pull tabs and the back of a 2 piece button the other night...lol You are killing it as always Cru!
 

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THANKS ALL.

It's just sinking in as I only have 1 coin in the collection of any type which is of a similar date. A Cantii Potin 100-120BC. So depending on when that Celtic coin was actually minted it's either my oldest coin ever or 2nd oldest! These cast tin Potin are a Kentish Tribe (First to Mint in the whole of Britain) & the Tribes in my area didn't mint coins for nearly another 100 years. So it would be near impossible to beat this coin, other than with something Greek, or another older Republic!
 

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Astounding finds! That early Roman is amazing,congratulations!
 

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Banner vote in! Simply amazing!
 

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Wow, simply amazing. Big congrats to you
 

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