Oldest Find - I'll never top this one!

[mrbks22]

I haven't posted in a while, but I'm still hunting and slightly ahead of last year's pace which netted me over 100 ounces. I try to hunt bags as often as I can and last night's $1000 bag of dimes (which I'm only half way through) has given up 3 silver Roosies and a knock me outta the chair find. I knew it was old, but it's taken quite a bit of research this morning to find out how old.

I present you with two of the worst pictures you will ever see on this forum.




That's a Constantius II 337-361 A.D. bronze coin. Of course it could be a counterfeit, but I don't know. There are so many variations of that coin it's hard to find a pic of this exact one.

Here's what a good one looks like.



Opinions, comments? Let me hear what you think.

 

[GMan00001]

Never say never.

They don't happen often, but there have been at least a handful of ancient coins found by people on this forum. I found two myself a few years back when I was still actively CRH'ing (both in bags of dimes). I couldn't believe it either, but they sure are fun to find.

Congrats!

 

[Rosco53]

Heres hoping its legit man!

 

[smokeythecat]

That's nice. I would bet it's a good coin. They are not expensive, so there would be no need to put a fake in change. I was dumping some half dollars once and got my wires crossed and almost threw a seated half in the hopper before I snagged it back. Never play with your good stuff at the same time you are getting ready to dump your junk coins.

 

[Ranger Chuck]

Amazing! I'm surprised it made it into the dime bag instead of the reject tray.

 

[FormerTeller]

Nice! That would knock me outta the chair as well!

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[smokeythecat]

And never say never. I dug a Byzantine coin from the 6th century about 1990 in SC. Last year it was 2 early Spanish Maravedis and 2 Romans in NJ, and lastly a nearly 500 year old Spanish Maravedis about 20 miles from where I live. Go figure.

 

[mrbks22]

Never say never.

They don't happen often, but there have been at least a handful of ancient coins found by people on this forum. I found two myself a few years back when I was still actively CRH'ing (both in bags of dimes). I couldn't believe it either, but they sure are fun to find.

Congrats!

I was just shocked. I definitely think it's one of my best finds. I didn't realize they turned up at all so it's nice to hear others are finding them too.

 

[mrbks22]

Heres hoping its legit man!

I'm sure it is...but I'm not paying to find out! It will be a great conversation piece.

 

[mrbks22]

Amazing! I'm surprised it made it into the dime bag instead of the reject tray.

That was my thought as well. Considering the machines will throw out perfectly good coins all the time. I'm glad it didn't get rejected because the tellers would have probably thrown it away.

 

[mrbks22]

And never say never. I dug a Byzantine coin from the 6th century about 1990 in SC. Last year it was 2 early Spanish Maravedis and 2 Romans in NJ, and lastly a nearly 500 year old Spanish Maravedis about 20 miles from where I live. Go figure.

That's amazing. And the fact that you almost threw away a Seated half...wow. I still haven't found one of those, so if you want to toss one in my local bank's coin machine....lol.