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« on: March 04, 2011, 05:27:34 PM »
When this came out from under the stubble this morning, my first thoughts were immediately towards a hammered. 21 mm diameter and less than 1mm thick, it felt like a good quality Eddie penny. Then I saw the design, and it looked like reverse of other Romans that i have seen, that and the latin inscription now have me totally bamboozled. As handyman pointed out on the field, one side contains the Roman numerals IC & XC which are 99 and 90 respectively. As for any other information.... yes please Peter.

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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 05:30:04 PM »
Nice find, not sure which one but it's a Soldino. I shall check which one
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 05:38:05 PM »
It's a Venetian Grosso, a much larger coin than a soldino.. I'll see if I can ID it more precisely.
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 05:39:52 PM »
Yes Peter just realised that, we live and learn. like these
http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/venice/venetian_coinsforsale.html
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 05:50:01 PM »
Thanks for that guys. That explains why it felt like a hammie then; It is one  Grin

Now you've got me reading about the venetian coinage on the net and its use over here. Fascinating history we have, don't we.

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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2011, 06:07:44 PM »
welldone techony.lovely find butty.great stuff.keep it up .
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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2011, 06:13:58 PM »
Really nice find, well done m8  Wink
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2011, 06:20:23 PM »
Quote from: peterh on March 04, 2011, 05:38:05 PM
It's a Venetian Grosso, a much larger coin than a soldino.. I'll see if I can ID it more precisely.


I've just found out it's more interesting than that even. It's a dinar of Stefan Uros II Milutin (1282-1321), King of Serbia. Produced in deliberate imitation of the Venetian grosso. It's the second one down in this link:

http://www.beastcoins.com/World/Serbia/Serbia.htm
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 06:24:27 PM »
thats the second time this week on here that ive found out about something that i never knew about...great find ..thanks for posting it up...well done chef and peter
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 06:54:01 PM »
Man, I've never seen one of these coins before, always nice to see something different. Well found.
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2011, 06:57:34 PM »
wow -- well done young techony. it was a pleasure to see it up close.

well done peter and geoff -- i've no idea how you manage to ID something like this .. but its a great ID.

now i'm off to read all about it.


btw -- if techony doesn't post for a few days - its because i've mugged him!

cheers
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 07:50:36 PM »
A very interesting coin and great I.D. Well found........PaulB. Cool
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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2011, 08:36:47 AM »
............. and here's the in the field shot, before washing.

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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2011, 08:41:45 AM »
Cracking coin - love the whole look of it.

Well found Techony and a great ID from the Doc.

You won't find many of them in your detecting life.

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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2011, 04:36:47 PM »
what a lovely unusual coin find great stuff Techony Wink
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