Giant 104 gram silver coin of Valentinian

I just came across this somewhat surprising article on the web when doing a google search. Apparently in 2009 a guy with a metal detector found a 24 miliaresia piece of Valentinian on the side of the road in, of all places, Beverly Hills. Does anyone remember this coin or have any info to add?

http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2009/05/controversial-coin-from-california.html

 

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This article is an attempt at humor. Paul Barford is very much against ancient coin collectors.

 

Barford is quite notorious (so much so that he is usually referred to as 'Barf-ford' with much derision. I would not believe anything on his blog whatsoever. Is there any truth anywhere in the blog entry? Perhaps. He often takes one tiny kernel of truth and expands it to his fiction. He is rabidly anti-collecting.

 

So I suppose this is just what one might call fake news? It seemed unbelievable to me.

 

This is a parody. The real press release for this coin can be found at http://www.coinlink.com/News/ancien...argest-silver-coin-known-of-the-roman-empire/

When you pronounce the name "Phil E. Stein", it sounds like "philistine".

This coin realized $345,000 plus juice.

 

I saw a similar “coin” in the Leiden museum, but the design was engraved. I was hoping to get some info about it as well.

 

I would agree with that, but in both cases people seem to honestly believe such trash (not knowing any different).

 

Not to mention ”Sayne Wales” and “Tompa, Florida”

 

Thanks for the replies. I thought maybe Valentinian was hanging out in Beverly Hills

 

Rudolph Valentinian

 

Thank you @Ed Snible !!!

 

Found this video on his blog about an Israeli minister using an ancient coin- probably first revolt Judean prutah as proof that Jewish homeland is thousands of years old. The "Barf" guy seems to have a problem with some Jewish issues although he claims to not be anti-semitic( I have heard that before). Anyway the video is interesting, here is the link- it is short:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=50&v=OmG_MaH1NGA
I was just curious why someone would be anti ancient coin collecting so checked out his blog. Some folks have their own crazy little gripes about the world. absurd to say the least! @Deacon Ray - fyi
Here is my prutah of the revolt
JUDAEA, FIRST REVOLT, AE19MM PRUTAH. YEAR 2 = 67-68/IRREGULAR TYPE! EB928
Just love these coins amphora/grape leaf

 

Thanks for this, Mike! Nice coin! These are among my favorite of Judaean coins. They are sometimes marketed as "Masada coins". (The pottery shards, spearpoint, and background are PhotoShopped and are not mine.)