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« on: April 06, 2009, 09:05:05 PM »

i found this roman coin on a club dig sunday......it's antoninous(?)...30mm in diameter....it has two noses/chins but does not appear to be double struck...it was said it is a sestertious....any info you can give me will be very much appreciated...byron
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2009, 09:15:43 PM »

Well done ! Byron its come up a treat ;0)

If you cant get an ID
Send me some of the writing on the obverse/reverse and i,ll run it through my roman coin Id disc.

all the best
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2009, 09:46:48 PM »

hey byron mate nice one looks like it came up a treat.look forward to going again..
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2009, 11:38:21 PM »

Nice find Byron. Looks like a sestertius of Antoninus Pius. What's on the other side?
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« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2009, 10:54:12 PM »

peter...unfortunately the reverse side is almost blank...no recognisable detail.. Sad...byron
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2009, 12:47:17 AM »

Good find byron , what material is it? Looks copper  , how the hell is it in good condition like that>?
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2009, 05:26:58 AM »

Nice Byron. The bust does look unusual might be worth getting a bit more info from the resources available.  Does appear to be a double profile. Most unusual and nice. Well done again good sir.  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2009, 12:12:31 AM »

hi rob..it's bronze...the soil in england is not as acidic as ours down here....hence the better condition of finds....byron
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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2009, 04:45:50 PM »

what a nice find pity
all the bronzes didnt come up like that
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« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2009, 05:23:30 PM »

heyyyy Byron   Nice one pal,  now your getting there,  more to follow i hope,
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« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2009, 05:30:33 PM »

I didnt see that in a meeting Byron?   I cant wait to get a Roman with nice detail on it , or any detail for that matter!
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« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2009, 05:57:35 PM »

congratulations on the first roman byron      still waiting for mine  Grin Grin    never mind tho     nice find bud
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« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2009, 06:07:58 PM »

not bad for a first, but it dos look double struck to me
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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2009, 06:14:02 PM »

Lovely find Byron,  Smiley well done.
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« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2009, 06:40:49 PM »

nice one byron first of many ihope well done m8
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