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Title: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: Bob on March 16, 2009, 07:47:15 PM Don't know if this has been posted elsewhere but I've spotted this and thought it would be of interest:-
http://www.coinlink.com/News/ancients/metal-detector-roy-unearths-the-oldest-coin-found-in-wales/ (http://www.coinlink.com/News/ancients/metal-detector-roy-unearths-the-oldest-coin-found-in-wales/) They are saying it could be Wales' oldest coin, but can that be right? I know of a A.Licinius Nerva dated 47 BC found down where I live (Loughor) site of Roma Fort. It was found on the riverbank around 1990 by a detectorist. What y'all think? Bob PS: and if Roy is on here and this is an old discussion then I apologize! Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: KANE (DES) on March 16, 2009, 08:10:42 PM hi bob i have got a calpurnius but only 67bc so its back to the field to find something older
DES Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on March 16, 2009, 08:12:36 PM well iv'e got one that dates to 119 years B.c. that i found about 9 years ago in wales, see it in the gallery.
i can't remember if it was recorded though, not much of that going on then around here, i did send a pic into the treasue hunting for their experts to see though. Alan Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on March 16, 2009, 08:14:03 PM yeah and i hope your not look at me kane lol
Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: KANE (DES) on March 16, 2009, 08:25:09 PM THINK YOU WOULD PASS AS THE OLDEST RELIC ALAN IVE SEEN OLDER AND THANKS FOR THE COMPLEMENT DIDNT THINK I LOOKED THAT YOUNG BUT THE HEAD ON THE COIN REMINDS ME OF SOME ONE LOL
Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on March 16, 2009, 08:32:52 PM yeah a double header. like someone i used to go detecting with, from the club lol
Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: hedgehog on March 16, 2009, 10:27:23 PM I was lucky enough to be on a really good site in Wales 10+ years ago, 10 of the denarius I found were BC the oldest being 111-110 BC T. Manlius Mancinus, so they were all in circulation for a long time, having said that when I was a kid it wasn't unusual to get a viccy coin in your change.
Title: Re: Wales' Oldest Coin? Post by: KANE (DES) on March 16, 2009, 11:11:47 PM hi hedgehog yea viccy was a popular queen i have got pennys half pennys, farthings halfcrowns four pences of her time as queen her days of the bun, young head and when she had aged. i still think thier great to DES
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