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Title: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: outlaw on February 24, 2013, 02:10:19 PM
Just put down my Deus and picked up se pro and wandered into a corner of a field and dug this out ! ;D


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: WeCan-Octavian on February 24, 2013, 02:14:33 PM
What  cracker Mr outlaw  ;D

Cant find that in me book!!



Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: The Doc on February 24, 2013, 02:25:22 PM
Very nice.

It's Hadrian, like this:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./ric/hadrian/RIC_0173.jpg&ruler=./ric/hadrian/i.html (http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./ric/hadrian/RIC_0173.jpg&ruler=./ric/hadrian/i.html)


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: Zeus (Joel) on February 24, 2013, 02:27:47 PM
very nice


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: Neil on February 24, 2013, 02:39:09 PM
Lovely coin Outlaw  - always nice to see Roman silver found in Wales.

cheers
Neil


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: outlaw on February 24, 2013, 02:44:53 PM
Its indeed a cracker !

It has been a long time since finding one, I think 4 years  :-[ to be exact, well worth the wait though.

Thank you for the id Doc, and thank you for  your comments ;D


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: handyman [Alan} on February 24, 2013, 03:45:08 PM
lovely find, you must be well pleased with that.

it just goes to show, them romano british got everywhere!!!


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: WeCan-Octavian on February 24, 2013, 03:50:44 PM
lovely find, you must be well pleased with that.

it just goes to show, them romano british got everywhere!!!
 

goes to show there was Romano  immigrants an them there Welsh hills !


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: Dryland on February 24, 2013, 08:04:45 PM
well done Outlaw, what a find .


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: probono on February 24, 2013, 08:35:16 PM
Nice find - there's some good roman sites up Brecon way, but I sadly for me I didn't detect when I was at school there.


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: dances with badgers on February 24, 2013, 10:27:20 PM
nice coin ;)


Title: Re: silver in those Welsh hills
Post by: Merriman88 on February 25, 2013, 12:03:05 AM
V.Nice, still waiting for my 1st roman silver, hopefully as good as that one.


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