England Deus Hunt nets Roman Gold...UPDATE!

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Tenderfoot
Nov 14, 2006
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Update to my gold find in England. It's not Roman, but a Visigoth coin copying a Roman coin according to Dr Sam Moorhead National Finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins at the British Museum.

My coin is a
Gold tremissis, attributed to the Visigoths in Gaul, copying a coin of the Roman emperor Julius Nepos (AD 474-5) struck at Rome, dating to c. AD 475-500. Obverse: D N IVL NE - POS P F AVG; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed right, with probable diadem above bust. Reverse: Staurogram in Wreath. Mintmark: COMOB. RIC X, p. 461, no. 3766var. RIC 3766 has a cross above the bust. Incomplete, possibly because a mount has been removed.

From what I can find out, this is a very rare coin! Love metal detecting!




 

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Very nice coin damaged or not. Congrats.
 

You killed it on that hunt. Can't wait to get back to those fields again and see what other treasures await. The Deus is a force to be reckoned with.
 

Watch me pull a raoman coin out of my hat, boy the romans back then must of had plenty of wealth to spread around , I hope to find one of those someday ,vanzutphen
 

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