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 Posted: 07-20-2008 04:53 pm

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Well this is a roman coin that is dated 70 A.D not the best of shape for a coin but being in the ground for over 1.000 yrs or so and then being cleaned will do that

Unlucky there isn't a lot of detail left

On the front is a figure and the Letters SC  are clear and what looks to be a I off to left of the S

On the back a Bust of a man

Besides that all else is pretty well unnoticeble

Many have tried to ID the coin but nothing really came of it

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 Posted: 07-20-2008 05:07 pm

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It appears to be silver, so it is in all liklihood a denarius.




[/url]First row left to right: c. 157 BC [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic]Roman Republic, c. AD 73 Vespasian, c. 161 Marcus Aurelius, c. 194 Septimius Severus;
Second row left to right: c. 199 Caracalla, c. 200 Julia Domna, c. 219 Elagabalus, c. 236 Maximinus Thrax  from wikipedia
 
The Romans ran an economy that was always on the thin edge of not being able to coin all the money it required. If you'll note the coins are hand-struck, there's a ring of tiny beads running round the coin, this was done to discourage "shaving" metal from the edges of the coin to use in further coinage.
 
If you'd like to read a very fascinating detective novel of Rome in the period of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusale, check out SIlver Pigs,
 
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"The Silver Pigs is a crime novel by Lindsey Davis. Set in Rome and Britannia during AD 70, just after the year of the four emperors, The Silver Pigs stars Marcus Didius Falco, Informer and Imperial Agent.
Pigs are a term by which ingots are known, and refer to the lead ingots which feature prominently in the plot."

 

Nice coin, worn of course, but then it's hard to find a genuine coin that is not worn from that long ago.

 

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 Posted: 07-20-2008 05:28 pm

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No it's bronze

but all i know it's a roman coin dated to 70 A.D
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 Posted: 07-20-2008 05:36 pm

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Prince colin wrote: No it's bronze

but all i know it's a roman coin dated to 70 A.D


Then it\'s probably a sesterces. Bronze was much more available than silver.

Silver was in such short supply that an official from the Emperor's administration was present at the smelting and refining of lead so that the lead ingots could be re-refined to extract ANY silver remaining in the ore. Same for copper and tin (the constituents of bronze).

Every possible tiny amount of silver was duly recorded and shipped to Rome for coinage.

The gold Auric coin was hardly ever minted at all, most gold was retained by individuals as jewelry.

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 Posted: 07-20-2008 06:07 pm

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Thanks for the info

My coin shop has some silver roman coins  which i'm interested in buying someday

I bought this at the coin shop and they had got 6 of these in 5 were sold and this was the last one so me being interested in history i bought it even though i try not to buy coins in AG condition

I'm happy that i did buy this roman coin i used to have two roman coins but they got lost in the move to abilene
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 Posted: 07-21-2008 03:56 am

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If it is bronze it is either an As or Sestertius, if you can tell  me how big it is and give me an idea of the weight I can tell you.

I can say this for sure, it does not date to AD 70.  It shows a bust of the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from AD 117-138.
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 Posted: 07-21-2008 04:01 am

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Nice coin, worn of course, but then it's hard to find a genuine coin that is not worn from that long ago.
That is not really correct.  Roman coin were often hidden in large numbers and their owners never returned to recover them.  They remained lost until our own era and are often found in high grade.

Here is an example of a coin from the Roman Republic that I sold a few years ago.  It was minted in 54 BC and still grades EF.
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 Posted: 07-21-2008 04:30 am

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Well my scale is broken, so i have no way to weigh this coin and


Roman coin dated 70 A.D is what the coin shop had on the holder

so that's the wrong info, well i'll fix the info i have for this coin then

The size is that of a french 2 franc coin
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 Posted: 07-25-2008 04:01 am

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What would that be in mm?
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 Posted: 07-25-2008 06:00 am

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Here is the french 2 franc coin i was talking about i have no idea about the size of the coin itself all i know is my roman coin is a almost perfect fit when put over this coin


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 Posted: 07-26-2008 06:56 am

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O.k. that would put it in the 25-26mm range if I remember correctly, so we can be almost certain it is a bronze As of Hadrian issued from AD 117-138.

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