Barley Stubble Field 2 - MARK ANTONY X LEGIONARY COIN!

[CRUSADER]

First picture (large group shot) is Cru'Dads lone hunts over the last few days. Highlights were 3 scrappies, 1854 French Coin, & a snake buckle.

The next set of pictures are from the 2nd Barley Field to be harvest this year. Its a site we have done for ten years & this year its important we get as much as we can, as the owners are due to sell it.

We got:

8 scrappies
1st C AD Brooch fragment
Victorian Military Button
Bits..

After less than 1 hour I found an amazing coin that I thought I would never find, as its an Eastern Empire Roman coin:

Minted in Patrae!

Silver Denarius of Mark Antony (I think we all have heard of him & Cleopatra!)
32-31 BC (not ours but MY oldest Roman Coin!)
Legion X
ANT AVG IIII VIR R P C
Praetorian Galley
LEG X, Two Standards with Eagle.

This Coin was minted for the Xth Legion by Mark Antony to gain their support in the coming Parthian Campaign. What a thought; that a Xth Roman Legionary was given this in such an historic period of history & some how it made its way to England after the invasion of AD43 (74+ years later).

I'm extremely happy to fill in another hole in my collection.

 

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http://www.ancientresource.com/imag...k-antony/marc-antony-legionary-den-cr2073.jpg
They want $199 for the above, & the condition is very poor compared to mine!

 

[GTzer]

Outstanding! and a nice collection of other finds. Hope to swing a MD in Europe at least once.
Thanks for the post and the pics.

 

[mangum]

Congrats, that a beautiful coin & also associated with a very well known historic figure. Very, very nice!

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats, that a beautiful coin & also associated with a very well known historic figure. Very, very nice!

Cheers,

At the age of 9 when I started coin collecting, I thought 1791 was old. When I reached 11 I combined detecting with coin collecting, the perfect match & a much cheaper way to collect. Never did I realise that I would find a coin as significant as this! What a great hobby we have.

 

[surf]

CRU, That is a STONKER!

 

[Westfront]

Thats really a denarius with a story behind! What a long way this coin had... Stunning. What do you think, did it made it's way by ship or over land and came through my area too?

 

[Rip_Uk]

Great coin!! stonking even!

 

[testing123]

wow, impressive! She still has plenty of meat left too, which is even better

 

[CRUSADER]

Thats really a denarius with a story behind! What a long way this coin had... Stunning. What do you think, did it made it's way by ship or over land and came through my area too?

I'm assuming it came over land most of the way. Wouldn't it be amazing to know how & how many hands touched it before it got lost on a hill outside my Villiage. This coin, even if lost in the mid 1st C AD seems to pre-date this current site, strange one.

 

[Mackaydon]

Great find; beautiful coin !!
Some history: The 10th Legion was raised in 59 BC and was Caesar’s favourite legion. In 44 BC it was raised anew and stationed in Hispania Ulterior after the Civil War. In the time of Nero it was sent Carnuntum, and in 68 back to Spain, where it supported the cause of Vitellius. Later it was stationed in Harenatium (Rindern), Noviomagus Batavorum (Nijmegen), Aquincum (Budapest) and finally Vindobona (Vienna). How it got to England is, indeed, a mystery.
Don..........

 

[Westfront]

I'm assuming it came over land most of the way. Wouldn't it be amazing to know how & how many hands touched it before it got lost on a hill outside my Villiage. This coin, even if lost in the mid 1st C AD seems to pre-date this current site, strange one.

First thought were the big roman legion camps in my area. Was this one in the wallet of a roman legionnaire? You'll never know...same for the site, you remember the denarius of Brutus i found last year? Closest roman settlement a couple stone's throws away is late roman most coins are 3rd-4th century.

Again, amazing coin! Congrats!

 

[pepperj]

Sweet 32 BC Mark Antony, Legionary silver Denarius, and a lot nicer than one I dug up last year. WTG!

 

[CRUSADER]

Sweet 32 BC Mark Antony, Legionary silver Denarius, and a lot nicer than one I dug up last year. WTG!

Which Legion was it? X?

I assume at Colchester?

 

[Bubba65]

Awesome coin Cru Congrats !!!!!!!!

Bubba65

 

[Jyverb64]

Thats an amazing coin!

 

[romeo-1]

Outstanding...and it's a great looking coin to boot!

 

[Greylock]

That is awesome! Amazing history you have over there. Congrats on a beautiful find.

 

[cntrydncr1]

well done on the denarius!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That silver coin is unbelievable Cru - WTG!!!