ID please on sestertius, and nummus

[handyman [Alan}]

hi guys..... sneaked a few hours out this morning, before the rain came. I worked the compacted lines of the tractor tracks and was rewarded with 3 nice finds.

the sestertius is early, [1st/2nd century] but is it hadrian???

i know one of the nummus is from  the house of constantine, 4th century, 2 soldiers with standard, gloria exercitus,
 but who is the other one of?

any help is appreciated, thanks for looking

cheers

[david995]

nice finds,  well done

[Dale]

Alan,
Roman emperors I can id without looking them up, you can count on one hand, but that is one of them lol Hadrian, iv been told SC is Rome mint, but what it means I haven't got a clue, it will be interesting to know      

[nonker10]

the third one may be a barbarious issue. as it doesnt look like their standard  coinage?

[DEADLOCK]

Well done on the roman Alan

[probono]

The 'SC' stands for Senatus Consultat - basically saying that the coin was issued with authority from the Senate, although by this time it was a bit silly to say that. The reverse could have a number of legend options - have a look at 'www.wildwinds.com' and see if you can see a match there.

The first smaller coin is house of Constantine, but the crucial letters are missing, so it's hard to tell exactly which one it is - I think the mint signature is '[T]RPS so Trier.

The last one well could be an Ae4 of one of the women of Constantine - Theodora perhaps.

[handyman [Alan}]

Thanks everyone, for the replies.

If it is Theodora then I,m well pleased as it suggests that this small homestead, that we are searching, was occupied for 400 years or more.  That's some going!

Very interesting indeed.

Thanks everyone

[Dale]

The 'SC' stands for Senatus Consultat - basically saying that the coin was issued with authority from the Senate, although by this time it was a bit silly to say that. The reverse could have a number of legend options - have a look at 'www.wildwinds.com' and see if you can see a match there.

The first smaller coin is house of Constantine, but the crucial letters are missing, so it's hard to tell exactly which one it is - I think the mint signature is '[T]RPS so Trier.

The last one well could be an Ae4 of one of the women of Constantine - Theodora perhaps.

Cheers for that info

[Chef Geoff]

Well done Alan a good days detecting
Dale I think the SC is basically the same as our "promise to pay the bearer" on notes.
Probono, "Consultat" how refreshing to see someone knows their Latin grammar

[probono]

Well done Alan a good days detecting
Dale I think the SC is basically the same as our "promise to pay the bearer" on notes.
Probono, "Consultat" how refreshing to see someone knows their Latin grammar

Well if you look it up, there are many different forms - Consultum (singular), Consulta (plural) or I've even seen consulto - and I've never been very good at latin grammar!

Anyway, it's all bound up in law and politics - and along with religion these are topics that everyone should avoid on forums