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« on: February 08, 2017, 06:34:57 PM »
Found an unidentifiable Roman (possibly a follis) today, it seems to be made of brass and as thin as a medieval hammered, seems the Romans were very busy reducing the silver content of their late coins...just like our present moneyers.
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2017, 09:16:08 PM »
mike i found a brass one same description as yours but was a german jetton  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2017, 09:28:35 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2017, 06:56:59 AM »
To be honest Mike it really doesnt sound like roman being that thin especially folly size. I suspect its more like a jetton of sorts? Show a picture may be... Wink
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2017, 07:44:26 AM »
Guess it could be a Jetton....will try to post a picture later on, off set strike, hand milled edge, couple of Roman looking letters....found deep on site of Roman villa, but I do have a tendency to claim everything is Roman lol.
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2017, 09:59:49 AM »
26 mm diameter...it came from almost exact spot and depth of 8 inches (unploughed pasture) where I found the Tacitus antonianus with a minelab explorer a few years ago....but having looked at jetton pictures you could be right...shame its so worn out.

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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2017, 01:14:34 PM »
Looks Roman to me, have a look at orichalcum on wiki for info on ancient brass.
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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2017, 01:28:19 PM »
Quote from: Dungbeetle on February 09, 2017, 01:14:34 PM
Looks Roman to me, have a look at orichalcum on wiki for info on ancient brass.
that's very interesting....there is so much to learn and so little time !
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2017, 03:32:05 PM »
looks like a dump farthing to me  Wink

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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2017, 04:22:16 PM »
Quote from: nobby on February 09, 2017, 03:32:05 PM
looks like a dump farthing to me  Wink
26mm and brass, don't think so. Possibly a halfpenny  but wrong metal.
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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2017, 05:51:40 PM »
looks Roman to me Myke, I would be more than happy to say it isn't a Jetton even without seeing it in the flesh as it were.
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2017, 09:46:46 PM »
Having now looked at your photo, and it not being as thin as a hammered Mike which is why I thought it not a Roman and given you had another Roman close by on a known villa site I would say it's Roman. Although it's very difficult not being in the hand.... Wink
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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2017, 10:17:07 PM »
Can you not get a rub of it to see clearer image?
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« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2017, 10:27:11 PM »
You have shown two views of the same side. What's on the other?
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« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2017, 09:15:19 AM »
I'm almost certain it isn't roman.

The row of dots on the edge of the coin (the beading) is wrong for roman coins - and it doesn't always mean that just because a roman was found near it that it must be roman - when I was on a dig in Israel (Tel Jezreel in 1993) we found a crusader coin at the same level as a fairly modern pistol.....
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