Canterbury Roman Museum … gold coins and silver ingots

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by calcol, Sep 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM.

  1. calcol

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    Was in the museum a few days ago. Spotted some Celtic gold coins. Can read the description in the picture. There were also some Roman silver ingots, 4th century AD, some with hallmarks. Discovered in 1962. Ingots would probably be melted and poured into planchet molds. Then coins would be struck and used to pay the army.

    Mike

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    calcol, Sep 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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    All I can say is, WOW! I like the bars because they look like dog bones. Can you imagine? :rolleyes:
     
    SensibleSal66, Sep 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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  4. samclemens3991

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    I am ancient deficient. So these are Not coins but friendship tokens? Is that correct? Would these maybe have been part of a cult of Apollo or some such thing? Any information appreciated. james
     
    samclemens3991, Sep 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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