Old Roman coin?

[Orbitz]

It's really worn and can't make out much, I see two figures standing but thats
all I can make out, anyone know what kind of coin it is?
Thanks

 

[DCMatt]

And the other side shows...?

Did you dig it in Virginia? Can you put something in the pic to give size reference?

DCMatt

 

[Orbitz]

it was in what appeared to be a clam shell on an old part of a beach, no water just those things everywhere, very strange I thought, going back tomorrow if it's not raining

 

[Silver Searcher]

It's a 3rd-4th century Roman coin, the reverse is a common type, soldiers holding spears with sheilds between standards. I can't quite work out which Emporer because of the picture...perhaps Constans.

SS

 

[HutSiteDigger]

You know a guy named Bill-D.(VA) here on TreasureNet digs lot of these type artifacts down your way, you could try shooting him a PM he knows lot about this stuff... Kewl find, I hope to get down there digging that way again soon, so much relics down that way in Norfolk..

 

[Frankyg]

The portrait looks kinda female to me...

 

[CRUSADER]

2 Soldier 2 Standard Reverse type, limits it to a couple of Emporers.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

You know a guy named Bill-D.(VA) here on TreasureNet digs lot of these type artifacts down your way, you could try shooting him a PM he knows lot about this stuff... Kewl find, I hope to get down there digging that way again soon, so much relics down that way in Norfolk..

Is there a lot of Roman coins in Virginia?

 

[yaxthri]

Is there a lot of Roman coins in Virginia?

I was just about to ask that, too... A bit out of place, would be an archaeological sensation if the Romans had landed before the Vikings did (and that's still disputed as far as I know...).

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

LOL yes a bit out of place. HutSiteDigger your comment didnt post right or you needs to explain that comment.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Why would it be so hard to believe, that the Romans did make it to the Americas.

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Roman Fleet
Mostly because the Romans hated to be on water, they feared it & would mostly stick to the coasts where they could see land. Plus their boat designs were shallow draft boats used in rivers & canals for transporting, not for long haul aventures.

Not impossible, just improbable

 

[Silver Searcher]

Plausible evidence for Romans in the Americas is from scattered finds of coins and small items, which could be planted or simply have been carried and lost by later people. However one find of a possible shipwreck in Guanabara Bay has turned up some interesting finds. As for the ability of Roman ships to cross the Atlantic, they were certainly sturdy enough. Roman merchant vessel could have been blown across the Atlantic to the coast of the Americas.

The site was investigated by Robert Marx, and he sent a piece of pottery thought to be from the neck of an amphora to the University of London for testing. The results found that the pottery was fired around 19BC and made from clay from Morocco.

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

I don't think its impossible & as you say, an accident is a more likely scenario, as we know they loved to document everything. Therefore. if it were deliberate, someone would have found some writing about it by now. A return trip of that magnitude (waiting for the change in prevailing winds) would have been celebrated at the highest levels.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Why would it be so hard to believe, that the Romans did make it to the Americas.

SS

I just find it hard to believe that Bill-D.(VA) here on TreasureNet "digs lot of these type artifacts."

I would love to see the Roman artifacts being dug in Virginia by Bill-D.(VA). Please post the link HutSiteDigger. Thanks.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I don't think its impossible & as you say, an accident is a more likely scenario, as we know they loved to document everything. Therefore. if it were deliberate, someone would have found some writing about it by now. A return trip of that magnitude (waiting for the change in prevailing winds) would have been celebrated at the highest levels.

It also seems to me there would be more than a few isolated coin finds. Where are the camps and settlements? Maybe Bill in Virgina has uncovered one?

 

[NomadNick]

It could be that some European found a Roman coin back in the day and brought it with them to the USA. How people loose stuff is still a mystery.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Maybe Im wrong guys. I just sent a PM to Bill and I asked him if hes finding Roman artifacts in Virginia.

 

[Reed Lukens]

I could see them making it here on accident but most likely not making it home would be why there never was anything documented. I do love history, someday we will have the answers

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Maybe Im wrong guys. I just sent a PM to Bill and I asked him if hes finding Roman artifacts in Virginia.

I have never dug anything Roman around these parts, nor have I ever heard of any until this post. I have heard about a few coins dug further up north in the New England area though. I'd like to see Orbitz get his find authenticated so we'll know for sure. If it's real that would be quite a find.