🥇 BANNER Silver Denarius of Trajan.

[oldsoapy]

Found this little beauty today. on the same field as the Silver Horse(posted 2 days ago)
this one is a silver denarius of Trajan.
Head side :: IMP CAES NER TRIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC::with laureate Bust Right ::
Other side:: PM TRP COSV1 SPQR :: With Bonus Eventus Standing Left.Holding Patera and Wheat ears :: Trajan Ruled from AD 98 to AD 117. Thanks for looking! Hutch.

 

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[CRUSADER]

Cool find!

Like anything else, context and location are everything.

I guess across the pond it's not so rare, but sitting here in the USA, it conjures up images of the Empire. When I was walking around Rome last summer I had fantasies of detecting at various sites.

Probably still be in the clink somewhere if I indulged them.

I saw a show last week about a local club in London that was permitted to do various types of detecting along the Thames in London...do any of you members in England partake in that activity? Sorry for my ignorance, but the London club was called the "Mud Larks" I believe?

Great find,
CD

The 'Mud Larks' are an exclusive club that you need to earn your way into. There are a couple of standard permit holders on here like myself who very occasionally swap a muddy field for a muddy river. I'm planning a 2 day trip, but not sure when.

 

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Terrific Roman Silver!!

 

[Joe88]

WOW!!!! An Absolutely Amazing Find!!!
Congrats!!

Joe

 

[UncleTom]

Great coin, May I ask what you are swinging? I just returned from your beautiful country full of history. HH

 

[Tank69]

thats a once in a life time find an absolutely stunning , if I'd found that you'd heard my screamin over in the UK lol .Great coin , ya got my banner vote

 

[oldsoapy]

Great coin, May I ask what you are swinging? I just returned from your beautiful country full of history. HH

I have been using for the last 5 years now a Tecknetics T2. I find it to be sensitive to very small targets, and it loves silver, also in my advancing years l find it easy to use for quite long searches. Hutch.

 

[oldsoapy]

Cool find!

Like anything else, context and location are everything.

I guess across the pond it's not so rare, but sitting here in the USA, it conjures up images of the Empire. When I was walking around Rome last summer I had fantasies of detecting at various sites.

Probably still be in the clink somewhere if I indulged them.

I saw a show last week about a local club in London that was permitted to do various types of detecting along the Thames in London...do any of you members in England partake in that activity? Sorry for my ignorance, but the London club was called the "Mud Larks" I believe?

Great find,
CD

Captain , l have been on the Thames fore shore to detect many years ago and found it exciting , l promised myself l would go back there when l retired, but it has not happened yet. London is only 60ish miles from me but although l retired almost 10 years ago l still have not done it. l am too busy detecting on my local area. here is a link to the "Mudlarks"



Thames And Field click here! Hutch.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Oldsoapy, I'd like to nominate your silver Denarius as a Banner Find, but there is no "Nominate Banner" button showing on your post with its photo (post #1 in this thread).

Denarius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CRUSADER]

Oldsoapy, I'd like to nominate your silver Denarius as a Banner Find, but there is no "Nominate Banner" button showing on your post with its photo (post #1 in this thread).

Denarius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Why would you want to nominate when its already banner? Strange request........(plus in UK terms its just a great day, not a banner day, oh well)

 

[deltamann]

Awesome find HUTCH! KUDOS!

 

[landmagnet]

Nice silver. Only just seen this today. Sorry Hutch!

 

[Breezie]

CONGRATULATIONS on a SUPER DUPER coin! Way to go and also CONGRATULATIONS on the BANNER! Breezie

 

[Michigander Dan]

This is truly a find of a lifetime, outstanding Hutch!

 

[leprechaun]

Awesome find.Yoy guys got it made on the other side of the pond.

 

[TORRERO]

Westfront , Copper core This is a good while before the debasement of the coinage , look at the condition !
if it were debased, it wouldn't look like that !! Silver is a noble metal - in higher purity (like 90 +% ) it is almost
unassailable by the elements (salt being an exception ) - This denarius is a BANNER find !!! BIGTIME !!!!!
Argentium.

I was reading this and I think the point in this comment was missed...
Just because it is a Silver Denerius from Trajan does not mean it can't have been counterfeit in his time.
I lived in Spain in the 90's and I dug a Silver Denarius from the early Roman Republic, with horse pulling a chariot
and the god Murcury on the face, and after cleaning it was obviouse that it had copper in the center.
I also later dug a Silver Denarius of Vespacian that we could not find in any book, only to discover that it was probably a counterfiet or "mule" from that time period, but it appeares to be good silver. I mean come on, this is not just something that happens today, but something that has always happened ever since money has been made.