New Roman Site - Day 2...

[CRUSADER]

Although I say day 2 I only spent 45 minutes yesterday finding this spot. Today I gridded it alone for 4 hours 30 minutes & did really well:

40 Roman Bronze Coins (Cent for scale to show how small some of these late 4th C coins are)
1 Roman Silver - Caracalla circa AD190s
Medieval Strapend & Buckle
Roman Nails
Roman Lead Steelyard Weight
Roman Steelyard balance loop (made of bronze wire) my first
Roman Leather Mount
Roman Button-like object. Only a couple recorded & they only 'think' its a button, as do I. My first!
Poor Hammered Silver Penny.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Cracking day Cru, and a nice Silver to top it off. Bit more info on Caracalla for our Cousins across the water...hope you don't mind.

Born in Lugdunum (Lyons), the Roman emperor known as Caracalla was probably originally named Lucius Septimius Bassianus, but was called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus from the age of seven. Caracalla’s father, Septimius Severus, made Caracalla Caesar in AD 196, and Augustus in AD 198. Caracalla gained much military experience campaigning with his father in Britain, and followed in the ancient Roman tradition of fratricide (begun by Romulus when he killed Remus) by killing his brother Geta in AD 212, shortly after they both succeeded Septimius Severus to the imperial throne. Caracalla staged the assassination so that his brother died in his mother Julia Domna’s arms. He then carried out a blood bath, killing as many as 20,000 supporters of Geta. Caracalla bought the affection of the army, but was himself assassinated by his praetorian prefect, Macrinus, on April 8, AD 217.

SS

 

[Westfront]

Great result Cru! Congrats on another nice denarius! The steelyard loop is pretty cool too.

 

[oldsoapy]

Nice selection of finds: thanks for showing. l especially like the big old nails, they usually mean there is lots to be found: Hutch.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Great finds again!! You are right, some of those Roman bronze coins are very small. I can see how they were lost.

VPR

 

[detectahead]

Amazing the stuff you find there Cru! Enjoyed the info also!

 

[CRUSADER]

Cracking day Cru, and a nice Silver to top it off. Bit more info on Caracalla for our Cousins across the water...hope you don't mind.

Born in Lugdunum (Lyons), the Roman emperor known as Caracalla was probably originally named Lucius Septimius Bassianus, but was called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus from the age of seven. Caracalla’s father, Septimius Severus, made Caracalla Caesar in AD 196, and Augustus in AD 198. Caracalla gained much military experience campaigning with his father in Britain, and followed in the ancient Roman tradition of fratricide (begun by Romulus when he killed Remus) by killing his brother Geta in AD 212, shortly after they both succeeded Septimius Severus to the imperial throne. Caracalla staged the assassination so that his brother died in his mother Julia Domna’s arms. He then carried out a blood bath, killing as many as 20,000 supporters of Geta. Caracalla bought the affection of the army, but was himself assassinated by his praetorian prefect, Macrinus, on April 8, AD 217.

SS

Course not.

Tomorrow will slow up a bit as we finish off another site, which will only have a few coins on the edges. Then return to this one Sunday, but once again, it will just be a few on the edge.

 

[Taranis]

Was a great day Cru!
Yesterday I found too a Caracalla denarius rev: MARTI PROPVGNATORI

 

[Gunrunner61]

Fantastic fiends my friend CRU, your finds always amaze me! Congrats..........................HH

 

[birdman]

Cru,it amazes me how many sites you all have over there. So much history.

 

[Joe88]

Awesome finds!!!
It is amazing how old some of these coins and relics are!!
I just love all the history that goes with them. Just to think
who carried these coins and how long ago they lost them.
HH!

Joe

 

[HISPAN]

Course not.

Tomorrow will slow up a bit as we finish off another site, which will only have a few coins on the edges. Then return to this one Sunday, but once again, it will just be a few on the edge.

Great coin of Caracalla ... the coins of the mint of Lion are the most beautiful ...

you always say you will not have good results, but the next day always ends up surprising us.

 

[CRUSADER]

Great coin of Caracalla ... the coins of the mint of Lion are the most beautiful ...

you always say you will not have good results, but the next day always ends up surprising us.

Funny you should say that, I will post later another amazing day

 

[cntrydncr1]

wow! what a load of romans! well done.