Fans Roman Site - Day 2 - Great Day!!!

[CRUSADER]

Fan's Roman Site - Day 2 - Great Day!!!

Those that follow, will know I'm not one to waste holidays lieing on the beach. I'm always out in a field & this time its a Wheat Stubble field in pretty good condition for Wheat, as it was fairly easy to work. Conditions were OK most the time (a little hot) & we had a great view for the picnic.
We spent 6 hours 45 minutes trying to map the limits of this new site. The pot shards & roof tile bits along with the butchered bone tell us my hunch was right & this is where the Metal workers lived. Just a short distance from their workshops. (800+metres)

We predicted 50 bronze & 1 silver & were only wrong on the silver, strange really. (after getting 82 bronze)

52 Bronze Roman Coins (only some pictured, the rest to follow) - Best 1 Day Total this year!
New Emporer (for us) - Volvsian AD251-53
Roman Brooch Bits
Roman Hair Pin
Roman Steelyard Weight
Medieval Horse Harness Hanger
Jetton
Flatten Sesterius. Very odd as the proccess to roll metal wasn't invented until another 1000 years. If it were hammered, it was hammered indirectly with anther roller type object. I will have the experts check it out.
Evidence of metal working - blobs & broken bits..
My star find, just 15-20 metres from the car on the way back! Is a RARE Edward I Farthing in specimen condition. (better than book examples) Its the LONDONIENSIS type but I can't match it to any 'known' class. I will research a good contact.

 

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[HomeGuardDan]

Killer Cur...simply killer! Love the hammered coin and the romans - you guys are truly blessed over there.

Dan

 

[doc-d]

Your finds are always amazing, thank you for sharing...

 

[Argentium]

Amazing day for "the Cru " I'm surprised you were able to identify that as a Sestertius flattened or otherwise , Great on the Edward I !

 

[CRUSADER]

Amazing day for "the Cru " I'm surprised you were able to identify that as a Sestertius flattened or otherwise , Great on the Edward I !

Right metal, right weight & the edge looks like it.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Very nice Hammered This is a early type struck in 1279 on a square flan and then clipped round. Two types exsist EDWARDVS REX (this can be without punctuation) and ERAN GLIE.(Edward King of England). This was the first full round farthing coin produced, replacing the cut half coin.

Obverse Legend: EDWARDVS REX

Reverse Legend: LONDONIENSIS or very rarely LONDRIENSIS

A very nice Find.

SS

 

[jewelerguy]

man that farthing is small and incredibly thin. super find!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Another amazing day at the office for you guys. There seems to be no end to the finds over there, although I do realize you have to do the research to put yourself on these spots. By the way, what is the significance of the pottery shard with the drilled holes? Was that possibly used as some kind of strainer?

 

[Argentium]

Well , now I really want to know the why (pragmatically speaking ) of this flattened Sestertius ? A metal planchet was
needed for what ?

 

[Steve in PA]

Love the hammered silver farthing!

 

[Plumbata]

Magnificent farthing, thanks for sharing!

 

[dirtlooter]

I agree with all of the others, amazing finds again! you are very blessed to be able to dig over there and find that kind of history!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[BuckleBoy]

Now that is quite an impressive total for only one day! Fantastic hunt for you.

Cheers,

Buck

 

[CRUSADER]

Very nice Hammered This is a early type struck in 1279 on a square flan and then clipped round. Two types exsist EDWARDVS REX (this can be without punctuation) and ERAN GLIE.(Edward King of England). This was the first full round farthing coin produced, replacing the cut half coin.

Obverse Legend: EDWARDVS REX

Reverse Legend: LONDONIENSIS or very rarely LONDRIENSIS

A very nice Find.

SS

Thanks, I read similar but I can't fit the narrow face with large crown & inner circle combination to any of the classes. Do you know which class it is? Cheers.

 

[CRUSADER]

Another amazing day at the office for you guys. There seems to be no end to the finds over there, although I do realize you have to do the research to put yourself on these spots. By the way, what is the significance of the pottery shard with the drilled holes? Was that possibly used as some kind of strainer?

Good eye, thats a rare piece of Roman pot. Timeteam found 1 piece once & got very excited. This is now my second but it's very different from the first, so I need to check its the same function - ie. used in cheese making to strain excess liquid.

 

[CRUSADER]

Well , now I really want to know the why (pragmatically speaking ) of this flattened Sestertius ? A metal planchet was
needed for what ?

I can see no good reason for it, maybe bored or trying new techniques. We have had a couple cut in half, so they melt down more easily, but this is odd.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Thanks, I read similar but I can't fit the narrow face with large crown & inner circle combination to any of the classes. Do you know which class it is? Cheers.

Yes I think this one is yours...This type was struck from January-July 1280, before another die change.

Type: 7(i) S.1444, N.1052, Fox. Group II...Scarcity: Rare. Smaller face with a new crown that has spearheads between the fleurs. Straight bottom to band of crown.No punctuation.

SS

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Congrats on your rare silver.

52 bronzes, that's crazy, 49 the other day..may have been a cache / hoard that got disturbed. It is hard to imagine that many random drops on a sigle site ? Just a thought.

 

[Westfront]

Amazing results on the new site! Nice hammered! Congrats!