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Title: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: Neil on November 30, 2011, 07:16:41 PM I have been waiting to have some daylight available to take the photos of my finds from the last Dw rally cleaned up a bit.
I have to bow my head to the wisdom of the Doc on the first one. I intially thought it was a denari and it appears to have some silver content. The description is Constantine, Trier RIC VII 341 Next is a coin described by Cheffy as a 4th Century Urbs Roma coin a commemorative coin for the the establishment of Constantinople and can be dated to just 3 years 335-337AD. Love the image of Romulus and Remus feeding off the she wolf! Finally comes the Roman lock pin which is a really tactile item to handle. More details can be found on this website about half way down. Its a bonus that it still has the bronze bar attached. Quite a rare item to find and gives you a guarantee of a Roman building being on the site, now if only we could have found the front door! http://romanlocks.com/Chestlocks.htm (http://romanlocks.com/Chestlocks.htm) Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: herbie on November 30, 2011, 07:33:36 PM Nice finds Neil i think we hammered tht area and defo no door there ;D
Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: beachboy (viv) on November 30, 2011, 07:36:49 PM congratulations neil,the smile on your face when you found them was a picture to see.viv
Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: Roman (Ray) on November 30, 2011, 07:58:38 PM stunning coins neil welldone mucker great stuff keep it up mate.
raymondoo Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: dances with badgers on November 30, 2011, 08:07:32 PM very nice niel.i will find some roman one day lol
Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: Chef Geoff on November 30, 2011, 08:19:35 PM They are nice condition too Neil, well done.
Now I have a confession :-[ "I was wrong", not by much but wrong all the same. As I said the coin depicts Urbs Roma, which means it cant be a commemorative coin for the Constantinople :-\ It Is a commemorative coin, but dates to a few years earlier 330 to 335 and was issued to celebrate the ??? anniversary of the founding of Rome, Thus Urbs Roma. Sorry :'( Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: wayno on November 30, 2011, 08:34:19 PM Well done Neil nice bit of Roman there mate
Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: Mungo on November 30, 2011, 09:10:16 PM Great finds Neil.......... 8) nice and slow and you kept digging, well done......... ;D
Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: waltonbasinman on December 01, 2011, 10:37:05 AM Well done Neil. They have cleaned up very nice and are in nice condition. Made the day a success as well.
Title: Re: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . . Post by: legio11augustus on December 01, 2011, 08:45:39 PM great finds neil , but gotta be honest the roman part of a lock would have nestled in my scrap bin wouldnt have had a clue
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