Liners roman silver

[Dale]

Hi all,

Going through Liners collection of detecting finds, to see what I can add to my collection I came across this roman silver, but im struggling to ID it, there is some pretty good detail left on it what or roman experts will make light work of, im sure......Any help would be great........Thanks in advance  

[Mike]

think its Vespasian and an early one 60 - 70 ad

[Chef Geoff]

Well Vespasian would be a good shout if he had lots of hair and a beard 
It's good old Septimius Severus with Victory on the reverse 193-194 AD

[Mike]

Well Vespasian would be a good shout if he had lots of hair and a beard 
It's good old Septimius Severus with Victory on the reverse 193-194 AD

maybe he got a haircut and a shave 

[liner]

Well Vespasian would be a good shout if he had lots of hair and a beard 
It's good old Septimius Severus with Victory on the reverse 193-194 AD

geoff whats your thoughts on the 2 holes? Looks to have been mounted at one timeor another? Thanks for the ID  liner

[Chef Geoff]

Ummm? his coins are infamously low in silver content due to the amount he spent on wars etc so I'm slightly intrigued by the green  corrosion next to the hole and whether this is the copper content leaching or a sign that it once had copper fittings.
Two holes would suggest it was hung rather than mounted as when threaded they would have allowed it to hang flat, also their placing means that the coin would only have seemed the right way up to the wearer. The piercing looks crude as there appears to be a prominent bur around the holes suggesting it has been punched rather than drilled.
As to when it was pierced is another thing, pierced Roman coins are not an unusual find in Saxon graves but no less so in uniquely Roman settings either

[liner]

Thanks Geoff 

[Dale]

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Nice id Geoff

[probono]

it's from one of the more Eastern mints too (Emesa or Laeodicia probably) by the looks of it - certainly travelled before being dropped.

[liner]

Thanks probono for the additional info  at the same time I also had a silver denarius of Otho  that was one of my better days detecting  wish they were all like that 

[Dale]

Thanks probono for the additional info  at the same time I also had a silver denarius of Otho  that was one of my better days detecting  wish they were all like that  

Liner was it the same day I lost Johns denarius back in the rough plough ? I still think of it now I must have been 10 when it happened, I s**t myself telling him it was gone lol, I remember him chatting to you all excited about finding it, while butter fingers hear had all ready lost it , it was retrieved in the end, but it took some finding with the old 2mx  

[probono]

Thanks probono for the additional info  at the same time I also had a silver denarius of Otho  that was one of my better days detecting  wish they were all like that 

As I've only ever found one denarius (also a Septimius Severus) - any day where you find a denarius is special - two is just being greedy  !

And the other one an Otho to boot!

I admit I've had, I suppose three very good days detecting since I've started, so I shouldn't complain!

[liner]

Thanks probono for the additional info  at the same time I also had a silver denarius of Otho  that was one of my better days detecting  wish they were all like that  

Liner was it the same day I lost Johns denarius back in the rough plough ? I still think of it now I must have been 10 when it happened, I s**t myself telling him it was gone lol, I remember him chatting to you all excited about finding it, while butter fingers hear had all ready lost it , it was retrieved in the end, but it took some finding with the old 2mx  

yes Dale that's the same day my toes still curl when i think of it ..........been i the ground for near on 2000 years and when it was found you lost it within 2 mins lol   if you remember i was coming home from work and spotted the farmer in the field ploughing it by the time i got home and ready for detecting then went back to the field there was 15 plus detectors in the field going like mad. we were actually following the plough almost running just to get the first signal as it had never been ploughed before. i cant remember the exact amount of silver's found but it was deffo in double figures   

[probono]

Sounds like it was a special day. You don't hear of many like that nowadays.

[liner]

Sounds like it was a special day. You don't hear of many like that nowadays.

your exactly right probono that sort of day is few and far between mate