Winter Stubble + Sewage Site - Day 2 - Stunning ROMAN SILVER...

[CRUSADER]

As we thought we might get rained off (only light showers in the end), we started on the Sewage Site (Roman) first. On the way to the field we both felt like we were going to have a good day, but without predicting what.
I got all of the Roman Bronze coins (12), but after about 9/0, I joked with Cru'dad ''You can join in anytime you like?''. He replied jokingly ''I'm saving it up for a nice Roman Silver. No points for guessing who found the 13th coin. It came out as clean as pictured!
We have only ever had 1 Roman Silver from this field, so this ankle breaker has brought up some good stuff.
So we did 3 hours on this field with:
12 Roman Bronze Coins
Roman Lead Steel-Yard Weight
Broken 1st C Fibula
Nice 2nd C Plate Brooch (I think my first of this variant)
Roman Silver Siliqua of Julian II, circa AD360s.

After lunch we did 2.5 hrs on the Stubble next door.
Large 16-17th C Lead Trade Weight (not had this heart type!)
Lead Token
Bits...

 

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[BillA]

Congrats Cru, every post it seems
nice condition

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats Cru, every post it seems
nice condition

We did have our last post as a single blank with no silver. We must be due a double blank at some point.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds and beautiful silver! Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Westfront]

What a stunning Siliqua....

 

[Steve in PA]

That Silver Siliqua of Julian II, circa AD360s is a real stunner! It easily trumps all your bronzes

 

[WaterScoop]

You guys get all the old stuff!

great job and thanx for sharing g

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice!

 

[Relicific]

Top Roman silver of 2020
What a beauty

 

[Argentium]

What a beauty ! ...You guys are living the dream !
Cheers !

 

[steve_rowlands]

The coins in fig.7 are really lovely.

 

[CRUSADER]

That Silver Siliqua of Julian II, circa AD360s is a real stunner! It easily trumps all your bronzes

It does.
We do have a friendly competition, but in the end I'm happy who ever finds it. He worked hard to find it that day on an ankle breaker field & as long as 1 of the team gets it, it goes in the same collection.

 

[pepperj]

Talk about saving the best to the last.
Congrats to Cru'dad for the stunning silver!
The bronze is a beauty as well.
Just a little query: The other silver that came off the field was it as clean, and age?

 

[BillA]

It does.
We do have a friendly competition, but in the end I'm happy who ever finds it. He worked hard to find it that day on an ankle breaker field & as long as 1 of the team gets it, it goes in the same collection.

fair enough, but some day......
you will show us a (slide show?) of the collection
an incremental one-at-a-time is not the same, though quite appreciated

 

[jewelerguy]

wow those are incredible

 

[RussM]

Anyone would be thrilled for that kind of day...it’s all incredible, however that silver really shines through! Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Talk about saving the best to the last.
Congrats to Cru'dad for the stunning silver!
The bronze is a beauty as well.
Just a little query: The other silver that came off the field was it as clean, and age?

On our GPS map it was another unknown Siliqua of Roma Seated, which means it was heavily clipped. We could dig out that record from 2016, I think, but a little more effort than it's worth.
There is no exaplaining, how some come out like this, others patchy, some jet black. Somehow the turning over in this soil cleaned it, & it is slightly sandy, compared to most of our clay fields. But I have no good explaination. (Found some silvers metres apart, one black, the other like this)

 

[vpone]

just amazing the history you uncover ... congrats

vp

 

[dieselfool]

Stunning. You must have an awesome collection of coins and artifacts by now; probably could start your own museum. Congratulations!

 

[GeoW]

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