More unknown coins/deco from the colonial chest area.

[Klclark3]

I finally had a day off long enough between rains also to make it to my colonial site back in the woods, the poison ivy spray killed it all the terror back, a way easier (and enjoyable) place to dig in now. I go back to my favorite section of the area (for good reasons it is) I call the chest area because I found rotted wood buried (could just of been a fallen tree) on top of rock layer, of flat cut rocks, and deco pieces in the same hole. But I go out from that about 2 feet (once home to dreaded ivy) and scan and got a weird hit in the 50's so I start to dig just thinking it was going to be another lead ball. so I dig down to the bottom til I hit rock and scanned my turned dirt and nothing was there in the pile, I put the coil back in the whole and it starts to bounce around again, normally everything is out when I hit that. So I start to move the rocks out the hole and and then dig a shovel full of dirt and turn it then three little copper pieces are on top of the dirt, so I pick them up and figured they were KG's so I head back to the house. I go and rinse them off and noticed they were funny looking, so I took a picture and came to ya'll for the answers.

 

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[Klclark3]

Here:

 

[unfound]

Great find!!! can we get close up pics of each coin...front and back...would help identify. those look really old.

 

[Iron Patch]

They are ancient coins.

 

[Chimacum87]

Roman it looks like to me . Whoever lived there probably brought them over from Europe. Cool find though!

 

[rodarian]

Those have got to be super old. I'm excited to see what these guys say as to just how old they are. NICE find!

 

[unfound]

found a picture of the one on the right...looks like old hammered coins...http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4JgN8rmYzo/Tvvr1Y-kroI/AAAAAAAAAmo/o5ju66NqoQk/s1600/Slide2.JPG

 

[Klclark3]

I am going to a numismatic to have them look at to see if they're real or not, the two are size a little less then a quarter and a little bigger then a nickle, and the other is about as big as a dime, they are very weathered looking, they have a composition of what I believe to be copper.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Wow! Great finds! Is it just me or does it seem like more and more ancient coins are turning up in odd places here in the US?

 

[Klclark3]

I don't see how they could be roman with me living in a state from the romans, the guy that used to live here I have gathered was a high high class gentleman who fought in the revolutionary war, and was awarded land in my area, according to the county history director. it was also a thriving business area during the 1790's for a natural resource found around here.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

The coin on the left is definitely Roman 1st - 3rd century, the other two I don't recognize.

Nice finds,
Dave

 

[Klclark3]

Better view.

 

[Iron Patch]

I don't see how they could be roman with me living in a state from the romans, the guy that used to live here I have gathered was a high high class gentleman who fought in the revolutionary war, and was awarded land in my area, according to the county history director. it was also a thriving business area during the 1790's for a natural resource found around here.

Think about it for a sec... you could find Roman coins lost yesterday, so why not lost a couple of hundred years ago?

 

[Klclark3]

The numismatic said he was positive they were roman and I told him I would hang them up in a fram so he gave me a nice authenticity paper to go along.

 

[wheatfinder13]

All three roman
The two bigger ones look like Constantius Ii while the smaller one is a Constantinople/Constantine commemorative

 

[Argentium]

Coin collecting has been a popular hobby for a long time , as evidenced by your finds - ( Very interesting finds) and I would be
all over that area carefully to see if there could be more .The fact that you found the group together ,seems less like an
accidental loss and more like part of a stash to me .

 

[beez0404]

The numismatic said he was positive they were roman and I told him I would hang them up in a fram so he gave me a nice authenticity paper to go along.

Just so I'm following the time line correctly. At 7:15PM you post new photos of the coins. At 8:02PM you've left your house, driven to see a numismatist who verified your coins are Roman and presented you with a certificate of authenticity? How cool is that? Congratulations on your great finds!

 

[catherine1]

If the one coin dates to 100 AD. That puts Columbus out of the picture.

 

[CRUSADER]

Better view.

The top one, is a common 'Victory on prow of boat', the other 2 would be easy to ID, if we saw the reverses?

PS. Just looked at top picture & one of the others is a 'Soldier Spearing Fallen Horseman' type.

So far they all look 4th C AD.

 

[Klclark3]

Reverse