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Some help with this would great. Its about an inch across. Other coins in the field are between 295 and 335 AD
Thanks

Well done Rob It's a Follis of Maximianus (Maximian) GENIO-POP ROM on reverse, minted in London in nice condition too ;)

Cheers Geoff.  :)

nice roman rob :)

very nice well searched  ;)

nice coin ;)

What a very nice find, in such good condition you must be well pleased with it.

Lovely condition nice find  8)

Nice one.

They usually come up quite cruddy.

I'd beg to differ on that one, I'm not sure what the difference in the alloy is between your average grot and the follis but 9 out of 10 of the ones I find come out in pretty good condition whereas the grots have suffered badly. ;)

Geoff the larger roman coins I find are always better condition, out of about 100 small coins I may get 2-4 for the coin tray, but as you say they are very poor....

Im not sure if iv shown these 3 coins next to the grot before, but im taking it there follis? The condition is how they came out, iv even left the mud on, I haven't chose them from a bunch of coins there the latest 3 over a year or so......... Il use this as a chance to get the mint id if any one can help.....Cheers ;)

The coin bottom right is exactly like the one my brother found at last rallie images both sides are the same. Love to know what it is as he's on my case for an id ;)

constantius/constans, mid 4th century,  Virtus leading young barbarian from hut beneath tree

Nice find Rob.well done. :)

Nice roman there Rob, the coin looks as if it may have been with at least 1 other coin judging by the condition, I have had similar and gone on to found others in the immediate area ;) good site you have there mate good luck.

Nice coins all  :)

I was thinking the same thing Paul that bluey green colour is or can be verdigris formed between coins ???

Thanks pal. Looked it up found this page it's just over halfway down

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/ccc.html (http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/ccc.html)

i must admit that of the myriad of reverse designs that were used on the roman coinage, this is one of my favourites and most symbolic. The imagery is powerful.

I also like the twins suckling romulus and remus. If yo uwant to know more about the wonderful reverses that are out there, try this link.

http://finds.org.uk/romancoins/personifications (http://finds.org.uk/romancoins/personifications)

As you say Geoff it can be formed between coins, mine was no doubt as I found another coin and it matched the verdigris marks exactly on the first coin, where they had laid in the ground together over many years ,I had 7 coins in the area ::) still looking for the mother load :o it's just a hunch and worth Rob concentrating the area as I'm sure we all agree ;)

If anyone wants a reference work for Roman coins you can download the previous (2005) ERIC from here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxtf-O7KMnEnTGdEQ19ZbDhXNFU/edit?usp=sharing

Well, the larger ones I've found have all been pants. I think the reason they are better (in some cases) is that they have a slightly higher silver content and this is mostly on the outside. At some point too there was a change from brass to bronze to leaded bronze. I know (having heated them up) that you can often get beads of lead from coins of magnentius and the like.

Lovely coin

Its from a scattered hoard probably. Had about 55 coins spread over a 50yds x 100yds plus lots of pottery, 3 brooches and a bracelet. All roman. Under crop now of course, will be ploughed in late September. With so many nails in the area nothing was over 4" deep so I expect a lot more over next few seasons.

Well this topic has very happy ending  ;D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-48215635 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-48215635)

Wow - great news Rob. What a fantastic find.

I saw this posted on another forum this morning and didn't make the connection that you are a member here.

Nice to hear some good news. Great outcome Rob. Bet your having sweet dreams about the settlement.

Take its time going through though. A mere 5 years  :o  ::)

Thanks!  Yes, it took a lot of searching before the hoard that was first mentioned here finally got found. The top of the pot had been clipped and about 8 or 9 similar coins found their way into the plough soil.  The hoard was quite deep and it was a pottery scatter that gave the best clue.

it's interesting to hear these things - in your earlier posts you were mentioning that quite a number of coins came from that area.

How deep was it? You say that it was the pottery scatter that alerted you - was there no other pottery of a similar date in the area? Where I detect there's often tons of pottery (and very little else tbh!) - or no pottery - I've got a roman site where I know it is there, but have only found two sherds so far......did you make a educated guess and then dig out and area?

For the hoard I found, I'm pretty sure I found one of the coins about 6 months earlier, and it was only when I bought a new coil and found another, and then checked the hole and found some more that I knew I'd found something - and then the next day took off about a spade's depth in an area around the initial finds to look for the others - which in my case seems to have been a scattered purse loss.

What a cracking find anyway :)