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Author Topic: My Roman finds from the DW 45 Rally. . .  (Read 1978 times)
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« 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

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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 07:33:36 PM »
Nice finds Neil i think we hammered tht area and defo no door there Grin
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« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 07:58:38 PM »
stunning coins neil welldone mucker great stuff keep it up mate.
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2011, 08:07:32 PM »
very nice niel.i will find some roman one day lol
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2011, 08:19:35 PM »
They are nice condition too Neil, well done.
Now I have a confession Embarrassed "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 Undecided
It Is a commemorative coin, but dates to a few years earlier 330 to 335 and was issued to celebrate the Huh anniversary of the founding of Rome, Thus Urbs Roma.
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2011, 08:34:19 PM »
Well done Neil nice bit of Roman there mate
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2011, 09:10:16 PM »
Great finds Neil.......... Cool nice and slow and you kept digging, well done......... Grin
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« Reply #8 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.
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« Reply #9 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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