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Titus denar, Mars, 3.2o gr., and makers stamp on part of Terra Sigillata...

Ancient roman/Medieval Plumbata, 11 cm/4.3 inches, 75 gr..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbata

Byzantine/Medieval ae cross, 5.5o cm..

1 minute ago, DonnaML said:

Cool! How far under the surface, on average, are the coins and artifacts you find?

Hi Donna..Mostly from 5cm to 15cm..(1.3o inches to 5.3o inches)..

On 3/31/2023 at 5:44 PM, ominus1 said:

..idk if Volusian had a beard...and Treb Gallus is a possibility..stay tuned  for more...:D...

Its Treb. Gall.

Ar, 3.5o gr..

1 hour ago, Numisnewbie said:

You find the coolest things! Have you ever found coins or objects that brought archaeologists to your find site?

Unfortunately Numisnewbie, no..My friends and I, helped them, archaeologists,  to make a map of our findings..When I gave or sold artefacts to them, I always marked them on the map where they were found..A lack of funds is the main reason..But, I think,  the main reason is that, after several years of working as an archaeologist, you slowly lose your passion for it and become civil servant..

Hadrian denarius, 3.2o gr

Sorry, the length is 44cm, and the width is 33cm..

Another brick has arrived in my collection..This one is really massive ..47cm X 34cm, and 19kg or 41 pounds..Im just not sure which animal it is..Only a bull should have a print,actually two, this big, 14cm or 5.5 inches, or maybe Im wrong..

M.Aurelius dupondius, antoninian, small bronzes, terracotta spindle whorl, and denarius, A.Pius? cut in half..

I recently bought this strange item from a friend with an crab engraved in glass? and my collection of lead course tablets..

A few days ago I found this Gallienus Dacia coin, 8 gr,rare type, in good/fair state, which is typical for this issue and I bought this massive bronze Roman/Gepid/Avars/? buckle 80gr from fellow Metal detectorist..

Celtic tetradrachm, 10 gr..

Celtic tetradrachm, 10gr, Philippus Viminacium sestertius, ae2, small bronze, Ottoman akce..

Septimius Severus limes denarius, 2.15 gr..

M.Aurelius as, 11gr, clasped hands, legionary eagle,

7 hours ago, Briac said:

i want to inform you about a seller on ebay who can cheat any of us who show a little over-enthusiasm  (it was my situation last year)

this guy does sell perfect copies of genuine roman coins which where sold in auction houses between 2016 and 2020

I sure they are fakes because I'm or I know the owners of the genuines

his ebay shop is https://www.befr.ebay.be/str/getod4?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2563

picture 1 IMP CAE (Sic !) M ANT GORDIANVS AVG only specimen known
top fake from this dealer (mine)
bottom genuine from solidus numismatik auktion 9 lot 476 (hungarian collection)

picture 2 IMP CAES M ANT GORIANVS (Sic !) AVG (4 specimens known)
top fake from this dealer (hungarian collection)
bottom genuine from Tauler y fau Subasta 61 lot 1340

picture 3 IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG/ P M TR P II COS P P Jupiter seated holding thunderbolt (9 specimens known)
top genuine from solidus numismatik auktion 9 lot 474 (french collection)
bottom fake actually for sale

I almost bought this denarius, thinking its genuine..But, with a help of a member of this forum, I avoided buying, I must say, well done fantasy coin..

On 12/5/2022 at 8:22 PM, Ancient Coin Hunter said:

Last night I watched an interesting episode of Unearthed (New documentary airing on 12/4/22) on the Science Channel.

"Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed and demonstrates the opulent peak of Rome's ancient engineering; experts investigate secrets that could reveal the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors." 

 

The show spent some time on the subject of Roman Egypt and Hadrian's interest in syncretic religions of the era, and also covered his relationship with Antinous who famously drowned in the Nile offshore of Hermopolis Magna (modern town of El-Ashmunein).  I'll share a couple of coins of Hadrian below. Please share any coins you'd like of Roman Egypt or his travel series, or any other Hadrians.... Thanks!!!

 

 

 

Show: Unearthed

Air date: December 4, 2022, re-airing on December 11th!

Writer: Sebastian Daniels

Directors: Martin Gorst, Tom Ranson

 

The first coin is a drachm depicting Hadrian's arrival in Alexandria with the elephant-headressed personification of Alexandria kissing his right hand in obeisance. The second coin is more common, a drachm featuring Hadrian and the reclining god Nilos on the reverse. Both coins are around 36mm and 23 grams....

 

On 11/27/2022 at 4:51 AM, Kazuma78 said:

I have been super blessed this year with my ancient coin purchases and barring some unforeseen luck in December (I have nothing left this year I am bidding on), I feel comfortable wrapping up my top coins list for the year. This has been a banner year for ancient coin additions and my best yet, mostly with a LOT of luck and so I wasn't able to narrow to a top 10, so I picked a top 20. Please feel free to vote or comment on your favorite(s) if you like and thanks for taking a look!!! I also apologize that not all of the photos are stellar. I need to get some better photos of a few of the coins. 

#1) Phoenicia, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (29mm, 14.27 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Dated Civic Year 24 (103/2 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin around neck / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over left wing; to left, ΔK (date) above club; to right, M, Phoenician alef between legs. DCA Tyre 77. DCA 919. Amazing toning with blue and purple hues.

Ex. Coin Galleries (Stacks) September 10, 2008, lot 138

Ex. Spink, April 1939

#2) Sikyonia, Sikyon. Circa 335-330 BC. AR Stater (25 mm, 12.23 g, 3h). Chimaera standing left; wreath above, ΣE below / Dove flying left; N to left; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 218; HGC 5, 201. Superb EF with brilliant lustrous surfaces. NGC CH AU Star Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5 Fine Style

 

#3) Kings of Pontos. Mithradates VI Eupator. Circa 120-63 BC. AR Tetradrachm, Pergamom mint, dated month 9, year 222 BE (June 75 BC) (32mm, 16.82 g). Diademed head right / Stag grazing left; to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, BKΣ (year) above monogram; Θ (month) below; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. NGC AU Star Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5 Fine Style.

Ex. Gorny and Mosch Auction 138, lot 296 (March 2005)

 

#4) Ptolemaic Egypt. Ptolemy I, as Satrap (323-305/4 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 15.65 gm). Circa 311-305/4 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Athena Promachus advancing right, brandishing spear with right hand, shield on left arm; HA monogram within circle in left field, eagle and ΔI monogram in right field. Svoronos 142. SNG Copenhagen 21. NGC AU Star Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5.

 

#5) Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 155-145 BC, Magistrate Herognetos, son of Zopryionos. AR Tetradrachm: 16.89 gm, 31 mm, 12 h (reduced Attic standard). Obverse: Draped bust of Artemis wearing a diadem, with bow and quiver over left shoulder. Reverse: Apollo Delphios leaning on tripod censer and holding a branch tied with fillet, meander pattern under feet. The inscription in the left field identifies the issuing authority, and the inscription in the right field translates "of the Magnesians", all within a laurel wreath. SNG von Aulock 7921, BMC Ionia pg. 162.

Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction XX, lot 178, Oct. 2020

Heritage Auction 3081, lot 30081, NGC 2490574-004, Ch AU*, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5, Jan. 2020

CNG Triton VI, lot 357, Jan. 2003

 

#6) Mysia, Kyzikos, Hemihekte circa 480-460, EL 1.35 g. Naked male figure kneeling l., holding tunny fish by tail. Rev. Quadripartite incuse punch with irregular surfaces. von Fritze 112. Boston, MFA 1489. von Aulock 1202. In an exceptional state of preservation and perfectly struck and centered.

Ex Triton VI, 2003, 306.

Graded Ch AU* Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5, NGC certification number 6159317-006.

 

#7) Celtic, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Addedomaros. Circa 40-30 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 5.43 g). Spiral type (Trinovantian J). Six-armed spiral of wreaths / Horse right; pellets-in-annulets around, 'cornucopia' below. Van Arsdell 1620-1; ABC 2517; SCBC 201. NGC AU Star, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5.

Ex. Chris Rudd List 69, Lot 55 (Sold in 2003)

Found in Kings Langley, UK September 17, 2002

 

#8) LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.82 g, 1h). Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; Π behind neck / Barley ear with leaf to left; to left, head of ram right and |-A above leaf; META downward to right. Johnston Class D, 3.1 (this coin referenced and illustrated); HN Italy 1617; SNG Gale 663 (same dies). Good VF, deep gray tone with iridescent hues, small spot of weak strike on reverse.

Ex CNG Triton XXII (January 2019), lot 51 from the Gasvoda Collection, Ex Waddell inventory 51792 (April 2015); Numismatica Ars Classica P (12 May 2005), lot 1068; A. D. Moretti Collection.

 

#9) Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 170-145 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / The Dioskouroi on horses prancing to right, each holding spear and palm; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ above, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below, monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6T; Mitchiner 177i; SNG ANS 468; HGC 12, 131. 16.95g, 33mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine; magnificent old cabinet tone.

From the Oxus Collection

 

#10) KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.41 g). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 316-311 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm frond and rein, on horseback right; aphlaston below, • in Π below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 17–8; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738–46. Pretty iridescent toning with a razor sharp strike and excellent centering. Essentially mint state, NGC CH AU 5/5, 4/5

 

#11) SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysius I (406/5-367 BC). AV 20-litrai or tetradrachm (10mm, 0.99 gm, 8h). Attic standard, ca. 406/5 BC. ΣYPA, head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin headdress / Σ-Y/P-A, quadripartite incuse square; small head of Arethusa in central incuse circle, all within incuse circle with double border. SNG ANS 351-4. HGC 2, 1289. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 5/5.

Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Hirsch XV, 1906), lot 1175

 

#12) Roman Republican, The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.12 g, 10h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557. Fairly well centered with a good strike and iridescent toning. EF.

Ex. Duke’s Auctioneers (10 March 2016), Lot 18

 

#13) Roman Republic, Anonymous AR Didrachm (Quadrigatus). Rome, circa 225-214 BC. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter, holding sceptre and brandishing thunderbolt, in quadriga driven to right by Victory; ROMA in relief in linear frame below. Crawford 28/3 & Pl. IV 1-5; Sydenham 64c; RSC 23; RBW 68. 6.88 grams. Extremely Fine; nice cabinet toning with iridescent highlights. NGC CH AU star 5/5, 5/5.

Ex. Jonathan K. Kern Collection

 

#14) Northeast Gaul, the Ambiani AV Stater. Gallic War uniface type. Circa 56-55 BC. Plain / Devolved horse to right; pellet triad and 'charioteer's arms' above, crescent and pellet below, exergual line with crescents and pellets below. D&T 241; cf. LT 8704, 8707, 8710 (reverse detail variants); ABC 16; Van Arsdell 56-1. 6.33g, 18mm, Mint State.

 

#15) SKYTHIA, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Mid 1st century BC. AV Stater (8.40 g). Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; monogram to left; KOΣΩN in exergue / Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath. Hourmouziadis dies B/f; Iliescu 1; RPC I 1701A; HGC 3, 2049. NGC MS Star 5/5, 5/5

 

#16) Sicily, Kamarina Æ Tetras. (4.11 grams, 18mm, 10h) Circa 420-405 BC. Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding / Owl standing right head facing, grasping lizard in its talons; three pellets below ground line. CNS III, 8; SNG ANS 1121-1124, Westermark & Jenkins 185. Mint State and exceptional for the type. NGC MS Star Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5, Fine Style.

Ex. Roma Numismatics Auction 8, Lot 69 (September 2014)

 

#17) SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator (312-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.09 gm). Seleucia II (2nd Workshop), from ca. 296/5 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in car of quadriga pulled by horned elephants right; flanking anchor right above, KPA monogram in inner left field, HIXP monogram to lower right, dotted border. SC 130.17. SNG Fitzwilliam 5511. HGC 9, 18a. Excellent Metal for the issue, NGC CH XF Star Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5.

 

#18) CELTIC BRITAIN, Atrebates & Regni. Verica, 10-40. Quarter Stater, 1.34 g, 'Stars' type. VERIC / COM•F with a crescent above and a six-rayed star below. Rev. REX Horse galloping to right; above, seven-rayed star. ABC 1208. BMC 1223-1236. S 127. Van Arsdell 501. Well-struck for the issue, Extremely Fine. NGC AU 5/5, 4/5

 

#19) Pergamon, Attalos I (241-197 BC) AR Tetradrachm, in the name of Philetairos, 17.06g. Diademed head of Philetairos right. Rev. Athena seated left on throne, holding wreath and sceptre, and resting arm on shield, bow behind. (Westermark 62). Good Very Fine. NGC CH VF 5/5, 4/5 Fine Style

 

#20) Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm. Circa 356-342 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, with hair in ampyx / Horse standing to right, preparing to lie down; ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN above and below. Lorber, Hoard, Phase L-II, 40 (same dies); BCD Thessaly II 316; HGC 4, 454. Extremely Fine.

5 , 10 and 19..

Medieval floor tile, 12th-14th century..21x20 cm..This tile was lying on the ground at the very edge of the field..It was part of the floor of who knows what building..

Silver Roman nail...2.5o cm..Found on Roman site..Your opinion, what was it for, what was its purpose?

8 hours ago, Furryfrog02 said:

I always love seeing what you find. 
It makes me happy to know that there is still plenty of stuff out there to be found.
I hope they clean up well and look forward to seeing them when they do.

How many hours were you out searching to find this lot?

Hi F02..Approximately 4 hours..