Silver Day...

[Westfront]

Yesterday i went to a buddy to hunt on one of his favorite fields. Its fresh disced and walking and digging is easy. The soil there is not that good for signals and after weeks with no rain things didnt get better. But these fields were known for finds from roman up to WWII. Yesterday proves that again. An other challenge is lots of junk because of flooding from the nearby river every year.
But here are the finds!
Starting with buttons German Military, 18th century, 16th century, Buckle 14th century, Brooch, cuff link, part of a german dog tag WWII, bowl lid 19th century i guess, two medieval finds, one handle of some kind and a whatsit with gild left.
The better things: Nice roman fibula 2-3th century and a small figurine of the mother of god
And finally the silver: Knive handle, 20 Kreuzer coin 1764 in amazing condition exept the scratch from the plow and the best of all a Denarius of Nero 54-68

 

[Taranis]

OMG that a Nero...fantastic, congrat!

 

[Damon64]

Cool coins!

 

[ossi]

You are friendly,( I see myself.) Big waste little good. Congratulations. Fine Nero. Ossi

 

[yaxthri]

OMG, the silver coins are superb. Well done! Wuertemberg rules! Hahaha.

Love the Jaegermeister bottlenecks with caps on your junk pic. Reminds me of my childhood, finding those miniature liquor bottles under bushes in the fields near my grandmother's home. Seems german hobos love their Jaeger to keep them warm...

 

[MKnTenn]

Fantastic finds! HH

 

[uglymailman]

And a post war wheatie! Good goin Lu.

 

[HISPAN]

The lead figurine is a small copy of Michelangelo's Pieta (but lacks the crown ) , a marble figure that is considered the masterpiece of Renaissance ..... The Nero Silver Coin is great.

 

[umrgolf]

Great Silvers

 

[allen]

that is some sweet old silver, congrats on recovering it !

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dad's ID;
RIC Vol I 53,
AD 65-68
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Rev IVPPITER CVSTOS Jupiter, bare to waist, seated left on throne, right hand holding thunderbolt and left a long Sceptre.
Classed as Rare.
No direct Sears comparison but similar to Sears 1943 booked at VF £275 and EF £675. It is believed the coin may be referring to Nero’s deliverance from the conspiracy of C Calpurnius Piso in AD 65.

It's a cracking coin, & quite a few other nice pieces as well

Shame, you can't track down your own site, or a better one (It may happen yet!)

 

[Westfront]

Thanks all! Im trying to figure out the mint of the denarius. Some of them are pretty rare.

OMG, the silver coins are superb. Well done! Wuertemberg rules! Hahaha.

Love the Jaegermeister bottlenecks with caps on your junk pic. Reminds me of my childhood, finding those miniature liquor bottles under bushes in the fields near my grandmother's home. Seems german hobos love their Jaeger to keep them warm...

Jep, jaegermeister is their favorite i think. You are from Wuertemberg? Why did You leave?

You are friendly,( I see myself.) Big waste little good. Congratulations. Fine Nero. Ossi

Hi Ossi
Some fields are better. But these near the rhine are full of junk.

And a post war wheatie! Good goin Lu.

Hi Tim! The wheatie is a find out a Chevy Nova i imported...still looking for a silver quarter in a car! Its in the pic just for reference...

The lead figurine is a small copy of Michelangelo's Pieta (but lacks the crown ) , a marble figure that is considered the masterpiece of Renaissance ..... The Nero Silver Coin is great.

Hispan! didnt know about Michelangelos Pieta before. It looks exact like that.

 

[Westfront]

Cru'Dad's ID;
RIC Vol I 54,
AD 65-68
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Rev IVPPITER CVSTOS Jupiter, bare to waist, seated left on throne, right hand holding thunderbolt and left a long Sceptre.
Classed as Rare.
No direct Sears comparison but similar to Sears 1943 booked at VF £275 and EF £675. It is believed the coin may be referring to Nero’s deliverance from the conspiracy of C Calpurnius Piso in AD 65.

It's a cracking coin, & quite a few other nice pieces as well

Shame, you can't track down your own site, or a better one (It may happen yet!)

Thanks to Crudad!
Its is difficult to find a match. The one You mentioned has some differences on the throne. My coin has a very basic version, most other have a more decorated one.
I am still working to find a good site near my place. But im confident! The (maybe) villa site will be open soon. I have a meeting with my archie on friday. That will be helpful too.

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dad's ID;
RIC Vol I 54,
AD 65-68
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Rev IVPPITER CVSTOS Jupiter, bare to waist, seated left on throne, right hand holding thunderbolt and left a long Sceptre.
Classed as Rare.
No direct Sears comparison but similar to Sears 1943 booked at VF £275 and EF £675. It is believed the coin may be referring to Nero’s deliverance from the conspiracy of C Calpurnius Piso in AD 65.

It's a cracking coin, & quite a few other nice pieces as well

Shame, you can't track down your own site, or a better one (It may happen yet!)

Thanks to Crudad!
Its is difficult to find a match. The one You mentioned has some differences on the throne. My coin has a very basic version, most other have a more decorated one.
I am still working to find a good site near my place. But im confident! The (maybe) villa site will be open soon. I have a meeting with my archie on friday. That will be helpful too.

slip of the finger, should be RIC Vol I, 53

There is no sears reference, so it was a similar one, just for price comparison only.

http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero/RIC_0053.jpg
The chair is different, but the other information & most importantly the Rev Legend all fit, its not that unusual for die variations to be slightly different.

 

[Westfront]

Cru'Dad's ID;
RIC Vol I 54,
AD 65-68
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Rev IVPPITER CVSTOS Jupiter, bare to waist, seated left on throne, right hand holding thunderbolt and left a long Sceptre.
Classed as Rare.
No direct Sears comparison but similar to Sears 1943 booked at VF £275 and EF £675. It is believed the coin may be referring to Nero’s deliverance from the conspiracy of C Calpurnius Piso in AD 65.

It's a cracking coin, & quite a few other nice pieces as well

Shame, you can't track down your own site, or a better one (It may happen yet!)

Thanks to Crudad!
Its is difficult to find a match. The one You mentioned has some differences on the throne. My coin has a very basic version, most other have a more decorated one.
I am still working to find a good site near my place. But im confident! The (maybe) villa site will be open soon. I have a meeting with my archie on friday. That will be helpful too.

slip of the finger, should be RIC Vol I, 53

There is no sears reference, so it was a similar one, just for price comparison only.

http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero/RIC_0053.jpg
The chair is different, but the other information & most importantly the Rev Legend all fit, its not that unusual for die variations to be slightly different.

Thanks Cru!
With the link its much better! And You know that i didnt sell my finds. I keep it all!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Man, talk about a mixture of good stuff!
Big WW2 history buff, love seeing all your military finds.
Carl

 

[Lanny in AB]

That would be so much fun to hunt an area with that much history! Well done!!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[yaxthri]

Jep, jaegermeister is their favorite i think. You are from Wuertemberg? Why did You leave?

Well I didn't... technically my parents did after my birth and so I had to go along :P
But Greece rules, too!

Cheers

 

[LI Tom]

Cru,this appears to match up with Sears #1930,the new Sears.This is really a superb find and worth some real money.Big congrats!

 

[Westfront]

Cru,this appears to match up with Sears #1930,the new Sears.This is really a superb find and worth some real money.Big congrats!

Could You post a link please? The 1930 i can see is a aureus.
I did not sell my finds but its interesting to know what to have....