Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Posted September 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 14, 2023 Just for fun on a nice Thursday evening. We all appreciate when @galba68 shows us here his spectacular MD discoveries. Here’s a story that took place 10 years ago and that I wasn’t aware of. It happened on a detectorist site in 2013, when a guy (Olivier16) asked the other members to help him identify this coin he just unearthed and clean half an hour before. He believed it may be a denarius of the Roman Republic… You can read the ASTONISHED reactions of the other participants in the discussion here: http://www.la-detection.com/dp/message-113156.htm But the question we all ask ourselves: what is the REAL thing ? The answer was given about a year later in the NAC 78 auction in Zurich. The same Eid-Mar specimen, 3.58g and found in the vineyard of a little city in France… Estimation at the amount of 35,000 CHF (Swiss Franc). But for how much did it sold ? I think our friend was able to afford to buy a brand new metal detector, wasn’t he ?🤩 5 2 1 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ocatarinetabellatchitchix said: Just for fun on a nice Thursday evening. We all appreciate when @galba68 shows us here his spectacular MD discoveries. Here’s a story that took place 10 years ago and that I wasn’t aware of. It happened on a detectorist site in 2013, when a guy (Olivier16) asked the other members to help him identify this coin he just unearthed and clean half an hour before. He believed it may be a denarius of the Roman Republic… You can read the ASTONISHED reactions of the other participants in the discussion here: http://www.la-detection.com/dp/message-113156.htm But the question we all ask ourselves: what is the REAL thing ? The answer was given about a year later in the NAC 78 auction in Zurich. The same Eid-Mar specimen, 3.58g and found in the vineyard of a little city in France… Estimation at the amount of 35,000 CHF (Swiss Franc). But for how much did it sold ? I think our friend was able to afford to buy a brand new metal detector, wasn’t he ?🤩 I like seeing detectorists posting their finds on the internet. But when someone posts something like this and doesn't have any inkling what it is, it's like someone rocking up at a casino and placing all their money on 00, only for it to come up. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted September 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2023 As an American metal detectorist... That is insane!!! What an unbelievable find. I simply cannot imagine rubbing the dirt off a coin and seeing EID MAR!! 6 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted September 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 15, 2023 Great find. It's like the 48 siliqua piece of Valentinian that was found by a metal detector enthusiast off the 405 in Los Angeles. Well that was the Apocryphal story at least. Not sure who started it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted September 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 15, 2023 Well, there's the La Brea tar pits (& museum) in LA, so you could always dig up a sabre tooth tiger if not a roman medallion! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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