DAY 4 ON THE RIFLE RANGE..............SURPRISE FIND!!!

[dugupfinds]

Only went out for 2 hours in the freezing fog.

Had lots of cartridges, only kept the good ones. Couple of bullets (pictured)

I have been unable to find any coinage or buttons so far to help me with my story. But strangely I had a Roman bronze coin only 4 inches in unploughed soil. The 1880 cartridges are over 6 inches deep.
The coin was very crusty & I immediately thought it was a Roman Silver & couldn't wait to clean it. (See the before shot)
When I cleaned it I was sad to see it was bronze. However I managed to identify it as:
AE4 (14mm)
THEODOSIVS I
Rev: VOT XV MVLT XX
Coin date: AD378-383
Mint: Rome

I have about 4 Theodosius I but none of this reverse type. So a good couple of hours really.

 

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[JT2]

WOW!!!! What a find!!!!

You must be Psyched!!!!

 

[acevillav]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTT Xmas a few days early

Well done as always amigo

Have a speckeled hen for me.............


Acevillav

 

[Night Stalker]

Nice finds! Merry Christmas

 

[Snee]

Awesome! Great job!

 

[dugupfinds]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTT Xmas a few days early

Well done as always amigo

Have a speckeled hen for me.............


Acevillav

Chrismas means more detecting time 8)
oh yeah & family :P
Speckeled hens for the summer, wine in the winter

 

[romeo-1]

That's a great find...I wonder why it was so shallow...

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hmm.. Maybe I should check the rifle range nearby..

 

[dugupfinds]

That's a great find...I wonder why it was so shallow...

So do I. The area was liable to flood so alot of sediment has built up & the Romans normally avoid these types of areas. Maybe the horses which the local cavalry used to bring down supplies churned it up??

 

[goldencoin]

I like those surprises!

HH
-GC

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the nice Roman bronze! HH, Mike