Roman Copse Field - Day 3 & 4 - JULIUS CAESAR +++

CRUSADER · Nov 1, 2015

When your on fire its hard to put yourself out, I had problems sleeping last night, like a kid at X-Mas!

Cru'Dad & I did 4 hours yesterday & I did 4 hours on my own today. Yesterday Cru'Dad took the glory with the Vespasian Denarius & Celtic Copper Core, with my hammered coming in pretty close...
Today I got my oldest Denarius but Cru'Dad still keeps his lead by 1 year!
What a field this is turning out to be after a deeper plough.

01st of Nov & T-Shirt Weather!

Crotal Bell (Rings)
Never had any, now 2 cut fake Geo Halfcrowns
1772 Coin Weight
Iron Age & Roman Brooches/Fibula all 1st BC-1st C AD
Lead Steelyard Weight
Roman Amphora Shaped Strapend
31 Roman Bronze Coins
Circa 50BC Copper-Core of a South Ferriby Stater (Gold all gone)
1495-1521 Portugal 20 Reis Hammered- My first from this Country & only hammered off this field (THANKS Bramblefind for ID) 8-)

Denarius of Vespasian circa 69AD
Julius Ceasar Denarius, Travelling Mint, in Greece, I think, 48BC. :headbang:

CRUSADER · Nov 2, 2015

pepperj said:
Great looking coinage and nice going on the JC! Liking the little strap end, I would of been fooled seeing the little circles on it, thinking it was something else like Saxon.

Easy to think that but in Britain, Romans used that decor first.

CRUSADER · Nov 2, 2015

J.Cache said:
Pretty wild coins there Cru, amazed yet again. A lot of those Romans are in great shape, you must be happy that field is kind to them.

Its not the soil thats kind, it killed most of them, just a mix of better luck/better metal.

The Rebel · Nov 2, 2015

I'm speechless....

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 2, 2015

The amount of detail that still remains on the Roman bronze coins you find always amazes me Cru! :notworthy:

I guess they are less susceptible to the fertilizers and urine than the coins of today are.

I love the look of this 1772 Coin Weight, what a beautiful looking relic! :thumbsup:

I just love the detail of the old script that was used 240 years ago!

Hope your Dad's doing well these days, it certainly sounds like he's keeping up to you. :laughing7: