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Get well soon! I was a teacher in England until I retired in 2023 so not surprising I caught it in March 2020 and then again in December 2022. Pretty horrible virus.

There were 24 folles from the Carthage mint in the Rauceby Hoard. I always like to imagine how these ended up in the east of England, such a long way from Carthage in Roman times. 6 coins of Diocletian, 4 of Maximian, 7 of Constantius and 7 of Galerius. Six Africa reverses and the rest were all Salvis.

Yes, they they had stolen them and sold them to dealer they would be looking at a lengthy prison sentence. Proceeds of crime act would chase them for £30k 🤣

Reading the article made me smile. Apparently the landowner thinks he will loan the coins to the museum. Sadly it's most unlikely that he will ever get his hands on them ever again. The coins are already at the museum in Cardiff. As the landowner, he is only entitled to a reward equivalent to half of whatever the 'Treasure Valuation Committee' decide on their value. The committee don't have specific expertise in valuation but rely on an expert valuation by a person chosen by the UK Government. In the case of the Anglesey Hoard no account will be made of their special/unique location etc, it will be based entirely on auction prices realised for similar coins with or without provenance. I would expect the landowner to see a cheque of about £3000 in a couple of years. The coins will belong the the Museum of Wales and hopefully will be on display for all to see.

My guess is Constans II, AE follis, Constantinople

This 50p came out of the ground in a playing field outside a Girl Guide Hut. Under 50 years old but already showing serious signs of corrosion. I frequently find Roman coins of similar size in similar soil that come out perfectly legible. I can't see this 50p lasting 2000 years in the soil.

I have always been interested in family history and traced back many many generations on both my parents side. They all came from the north west of the Isle of Anglesey. An island in Wales known for it's last stand against Suetonius Paulinus in AD 60-61. It was a centre for the Celtic Druids and an important source of copper in during the Roman occupation. Some 18 round ingots of copper, eight with Roman stamps, have been found on the island, two on Parys Mountain, a huge open cast mine. When copper coins were short in the early 1800s copper from Parys Mountain were used to make the huge 'Druid ' Penny tokens and Two pence tokens. I have several. When I took my DNA test I was not surprised to see the results -98% Welsh 2% Norwegian. The Vikings did raid the north coast of Anglesey. I'm rather happy that I don't have any Anglo-Saxon or Norman blood in me - especially when Wales are playing rugby in the 6 Nations Competition!

A big plus to finding a huge hoard of tetrarchic folles is that I get to study a large number of them in my own home. I also get to keep my favourites. These eight were all cleaned and preserved by me. Chosen for aesthetic merit, mint location and reverse rather than rarity.

All I would like is a silver denarius of Caurasius

I am lucky enough to have a LON mark on a Constantius. RIC 4a. Rauceby Hoard.

Here is a London coin of Diocletian. RIC 1a AD 296

And as if proud to have finally become an Augustus between 305 and 306AD here is a great bust of Constantius, father of Constantine the Great. 2nd Tetrarchy. Lugdunum mint. RIC VI 187a I think.

This Diocletian is Trier mint RIC VI 291b.

Here is a Galerius as Caesar. Rome Mint RIC VI 104b I believe. I really like the SACRA MON coins.

Piece work sucks! I used to mark college exam papers and some could take hours to mark so I'd only earn peanuts.