🥇 BANNER *****update. Confirmed first of this design ever found… 2,000 years old (approx) My first ever GOLD COIN and how beautiful it really is 🤩… ! xx ****

[blossom]

So after a busy couple of weekends today we at last went detecting!!

Spent the morning in the “quiet” field and found a hammered and another silver coin(?) so was super happy with that. After lunch i decided to go to his field where he has found countless Romans, just to annoy him! Found a few bits so decided to head back to the truck as it started raining.. and the wind was hitting 40mph 😬…. when bang a super crisp 72 sounded in my ears.. dug nd saw the gleam of gold.. automatically assumed button.. but oh my days.. there sat a gorgeous little GOLD STATER needless to say Himself was furious that I had found it in his field… but I did get a hug and grudgingly he said “well done” 😂😂😂 ….! I havent found the same one online yet..… but wanted to show you all!!



We also found a gorgeous fibula, a dress hook, half a spur, a patterned piece, this weird lumpy bit, second pic to show you the top, little bits, chunky lead weight, tiny buckle and bit, spoon handle and modern bit, small shot, clog strap and strange lead bit, a silver tab (did the tin foil test) buttons galore, a hammered, and finally a silver disk 🤔(again passed the tin foil test) xx

What a truely awesome day we have had.. and so pleased to be able to add a gold to my already unbelievable stats this year 😎 xx

 

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[Ed_DE]

Congrats on the well-deserved Banner!

 

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[Blak bart]

Congrats on your first banner blossom 🌸 I'm sure it's only the first of many !! Incredible coin, and a first of its kind.....it dosent get much better than that.....maybe a horde/cache next.....we await your discoveries!!

 

[cudamark]

Congrats on the banner!

 

[Digger RJ]

So after a busy couple of weekends today we at last went detecting!!

Spent the morning in the “quiet” field and found a hammered and another silver coin(?) so was super happy with that. After lunch i decided to go to his field where he has found countless Romans, just to annoy him! Found a few bits so decided to head back to the truck as it started raining.. and the wind was hitting 40mph 😬…. when bang a super crisp 72 sounded in my ears.. dug nd saw the gleam of gold.. automatically assumed button.. but oh my days.. there sat a gorgeous little GOLD STATER needless to say Himself was furious that I had found it in his field… but I did get a hug and grudgingly he said “well done” 😂😂😂 ….! I havent found the same one online yet..… but wanted to show you all!!



We also found a gorgeous fibula, a dress hook, half a spur, a patterned piece, this weird lumpy bit, second pic to show you the top, little bits, chunky lead weight, tiny buckle and bit, spoon handle and modern bit, small shot, clog strap and strange lead bit, a silver tab (did the tin foil test) buttons galore, a hammered, and finally a silver disk 🤔(again passed the tin foil test) xx

What a truely awesome day we have had.. and so pleased to be able to add a gold to my already unbelievable stats this year 😎 xx


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Oh Wow!!!! The Treasures We All Dream of!!! Oh Wow!!!! Super Congrats!!!

 

[unclemac]

not a bird at all... this is a pretty good description of what the image means.

there are other sites on the web as well.

Getting Started with Celtic Coins - What do They Mean? - Collecting Ancient Coins

“This need to look behind the surface of Celtic coin types has made a happy hunting ground for the crankish interpreter in pursuit of devious religious symbolism” Derek Allen There has been plenty of speculation about the meaning of the imagery on Celtic coins, but no real consensus has been...

collectingancientcoins.co.uk

great coin in ant case, one of the best yet!

 

[bottlebum]

Amazing coin find. Congratulations!

 

[PetesPockets55]

Truely magnificent find(s).
Congratulations on your banner.

 

[blossom]

Little update, I got some better scales so I could accurately weigh it, it weighs 3.66 grams, which makes it a hemistater (half stater) 😎 xx

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Little update, I got some better scales so I could accurately weigh it, it weighs 3.66 grams, which makes it a hemistater (half stater) 😎 xx

Fascinating, just curious, what does a full stater weigh?

 

[pepperj]

Fascinating, just curious, what does a full stater weigh?

This is a heavier Full Stater.

 

[cudamark]

Interesting! I've never even heard of a hemistater. just full and quarter staters. How rare is that coin? Have they attached a value to it?

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Sorry, not seeing the heavier full stater...

 

[Coinstar magnet]

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This is a heavier Full Stater.

Oh, now I see it. Thank you

 

[bottlebum]

Do you get to keep it??

 

[blossom]

Do you get to keep it??

Yes, will need to record it with the FlO at some point tho.

 

[blossom]

Interesting! I've never even heard of a hemistater. just full and quarter staters. How rare is that coin? Have they attached a value to it?

If you google Hermistater.. it shows similar designs which is interesting… , but obvs not the same. I dont think its super valuable maybe £1,000… 🤔 xx

 

[pepperj]

If you google Hermistater.. it shows similar designs which is interesting… , but obvs not the same. I dont think its super valuable maybe £1,000… 🤔 xx

I think you'd be under selling yourself at that price blossom.
One of a kind would be classified as a rare
Most would love something that no one else had in a collection.

Then again you have it under the pillow and can touch it and they can't.
That alone you can't put a price on it.

 

[blossom]

I think you'd be under selling yourself at that price blossom.
One of a kind would be classified as a rare
Most would love something that no one else had in a collection.

Then again you have it under the pillow and can touch it and they can't.
That alone you can't put a price on it.

Tis true Peps, there is no price that would make me part with it 😆.. xx

 

[Rhapsody]

So after a busy couple of weekends today we at last went detecting!!

Spent the morning in the “quiet” field and found a hammered and another silver coin(?) so was super happy with that. After lunch i decided to go to his field where he has found countless Romans, just to annoy him! Found a few bits so decided to head back to the truck as it started raining.. and the wind was hitting 40mph 😬…. when bang a super crisp 72 sounded in my ears.. dug nd saw the gleam of gold.. automatically assumed button.. but oh my days.. there sat a gorgeous little GOLD STATER needless to say Himself was furious that I had found it in his field… but I did get a hug and grudgingly he said “well done” 😂😂😂 ….! I havent found the same one online yet..… but wanted to show you all!!



We also found a gorgeous fibula, a dress hook, half a spur, a patterned piece, this weird lumpy bit, second pic to show you the top, little bits, chunky lead weight, tiny buckle and bit, spoon handle and modern bit, small shot, clog strap and strange lead bit, a silver tab (did the tin foil test) buttons galore, a hammered, and finally a silver disk 🤔(again passed the tin foil test) xx

What a truely awesome day we have had.. and so pleased to be able to add a gold to my already unbelievable stats this year 😎 xx


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smashing

 

[ARC]

After many hours of painstaking extreme research...

I have concluded along with according to the many Google results...

your coin is different because...

It was made for use in Roman Gum Ball machines.

:P