I'm new to this forum and I'm just getting back to MDing after several years away. Plus, I'm not at all confident of my ability to post images, but I'll try.
In 2001 I was hunting with friends in Macedonia, in a known Roman-occupied area (yes, like most of the rest of Macedonia). I think I was using a Garrett 2500. We were probably in an area where a small market once stood and we were finding a few small things. Among them was this little bronze coin:
I'm told it is a coin commemorating the 700th year since the founding of Rome, which would put it at around 52-53 BC. You can just barely make out Romulus and Remus suckling the she-wolf on the reverse. Her head is on the left side and she's looking over her left shoulder down at the twins. If it is other than this, maybe one of you Roman coin experts can clear it up for me. That's what I was told at the time.
6-7 years ago I was detecting with a site archaeologist on his site in the Republic of Georgia. That day I found the only known example of a silver Macedonian denarius depicting Philip of Macedon ever found in Georgia. When I showed it to the archaeologist he said it couldn't be, because they'd never found one before. I told him I had found a similar coin in Macedonia and I was pretty sure that's what it was. Yes, quite a coincidence. When he finally confirmed it, it (and a Roman snake-head hairpin that I also found) became the subject of a presentation at a national conference there. Unfortunately, I don't have any images of them to share and the originals are now in a museum. That was actually the oldest coin I have ever found. I doubt that I will ever have the chance to detect in an ancient land again, but it sure was a lot of fun back then.
Enjoy. I'm looking forward to participating here.
Chuck
