Roman Hill Top Field - Day 4 + 5 - ROMAN SILVER...

CRUSADER · Apr 6, 2015

Dad & I spent 2 days - 10 hours 15 minutes - completing the Roman Site on the Hill. It took us over 4 acres of gridding to get the Roman Silver & its only the 2nd one off the site, even though we have had close to 400 Bronzes over the years!

18 Scrappies
Navy Button
3 Lead Tokens
Medieval Key
18th C Nut Cracker piece
Musket/Flintlock Furniture?
Medieval Horse Harness Pendant Hanger
Small piece of a Bronze Age Axe
3 Leather Mounts
2 18th C Clog Clasps
Bits....

Antoninus Pius - RIC Vol III 61 or Sears 4049 with AEQVITAS AVG Reverse showing Equity (Aequitas) holding Sceptre and Scales. Minted Rome AD 141. Obverse reads ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP T[RP] CO[S III] - It's not the prettiest but we were more than happy to see it!

jewelerguy · Apr 6, 2015

very nice. always love to see your Roman finds. all my life I've wanted to dig some of those

ivobg · Apr 6, 2015

What are those rings in the first pic ?
Congrats on the silver :thumbsup:

CRUSADER · Apr 6, 2015

ivobg said:
What are those rings in the first pic ?
Congrats on the silver

We call them 'Ring Things'....lol

They have had many uses over hundreds of years. Started as military Roman fittings, but most are late medieval horse harness rings. Some are thought to be 18th C cloth buttons.

Bill D. (VA) · Apr 6, 2015

What a huge assortment of finds, and it doesn't get any better than topping it off with a Roman silver. Outstanding site and hunt!

ARC · Apr 6, 2015

Outstanding.

Westfront · Apr 6, 2015

Hard work and you have proven again that gridding pays off. Cleaned a bit more the Denarius will be pretty enough! :icon_thumleft:

Ahab8 · Apr 6, 2015

Great variety Cru and that Roman is pretty darn cool

Argentium · Apr 6, 2015

Excellent score on the Roman Silver !! I love the medieval key too .

Tnmountains · Apr 6, 2015

Yours and your Dads finds are always astonishing in age and quality .You guys need to write a relic I.D book. Great history and finds.
I learn a lot!
HH