Hello everyone. I have two roman coins here that I need to identify. I just went on a metal detecting trip with the crew and we found loads of bronzes. I have tried Numismatic.org and other ancient coin websites and found little. Here are the two I still need to identify, though I have an understanding and knowledge of roman coins, I am stumped on this one. Any help would be appreciated, the coins are numbered so if you know a coin just shoot out the number 3 or 4. Thank you everyone, God bless.
Hard asking for multiple coins - with such small pictures.. I see a couple of Gallienus .. you can learn more about this series by searching for "Gallienus Zoo" on this forum... and an Arcadius.. I would post one coin at a time with larger pictures - just easier.
no, we took a tour through Rome, Venice, Bolzano, and Germany. All these were found throughout the summer over 30 different locations. Sadly, no silver or gold.
They were very picky, they believe the items are allowed in museums and are therefore, illegal. I ended up mailing them home in one big box. We had bout 19 coins and a whole bunch of small relics from WW11. We found part of a grenade from about that time and decided not to bring it home because it risked all our other stuff being confiscated. But I was super scared that they were going to take my treasures!
ha ha very funny. You know that there are over 3000 islands part of the Venezia, area... Right? Ever heard of Morono? Milano? Thats where I detect.
While metal-detecting for ancient coins may be illegal in some of these places, both coins are very common. Neither coin is particularly valuable, and the fact that it should be illegal to pick these up out of the ground and keep them is mind-boggling to me. That is, of course, assuming that you weren't detecting in a public park or other commonwealth area. You have a votive coin of Arcadius and a "zoo" coin of Gallienus. To see other examples of the Arcadius, go to the Arcadius page at Wildwinds (http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/t.html) and search the page for "Vot V." Since the mint mark is off the flan on your coin, that's probably the best you can do. For Gallienus, go to http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/gallienus/t.html and search the page for "ric 179." You will see that RIC 179 left, XII is similar to your coin.
Nice haul. I can't imagine the authorities would be terribly upset by you taking these coins with you - they are common types. But perhaps the legislation on antiquities varies by country...
