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Title: id please Post by: saxon on November 20, 2010, 06:49:06 PM denarious
Title: Re: id please Post by: Chef Geoff on November 20, 2010, 07:25:45 PM That is a lovely looking coin Saxon, well done.
Not a 100% sure but it looks like an Octavian (Augustus) coin) similar to this one Augustus Denarius. Spanish mint, ca 18 BC. Laureate head left / SP QR on either side of domed tetrastyle temple, standard in a chariot within http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RIC_0120.jpg (http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RIC_0120.jpg) Title: Re: id please Post by: The Doc on November 20, 2010, 07:50:14 PM Great coin Saxon. You're very close Geoff. I believe it is RIC 119, which is the same as yours with the head facing the other way.
Title: Re: id please Post by: Chef Geoff on November 20, 2010, 08:16:22 PM Oh well close but no coconut for me. I was just going to ask you "who the hell is Ric?", Emperor Ric, never heard of him. ;D
Title: Re: id please Post by: Roman (Ray) on November 20, 2010, 10:57:01 PM welldone gavin ccccccracking coin to find my friend,great stuff gav..again welldone
ray Title: Re: id please Post by: Neil on November 21, 2010, 01:38:56 PM So for the non experts in Denarii (only ever found 3!} does the fact it was minted in Spain before the British invasion qualify it as a Republican coin or does it need to have been minted in Italy pre invasion?
I am kind of answering the question here myself as Republican must surely imply anywhere on mainland Europe that was under Roman rule. Lovely find by the way Saxon - a real cracker! Neil Title: Re: id please Post by: Chef Geoff on November 21, 2010, 02:10:53 PM After the Republic Neil, He was the first "True" emperor of Rome.
Title: Re: id please Post by: ROMAN STEVE on November 21, 2010, 07:59:48 PM Cracking coin there
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