From the article: "Excavations in Murviel-lès-Montpellier in the Occitanie region of southern France have unearthed the remains of a large building with a pot of Roman Republic coins secreted in one of its walls." http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61980
Man, living in Southern California, there's so little archaeology to be found. You're lucky to find some seashell fragments from Indian craftwork on some parts of Catalina Island.
I was wondering if the two somewhat clean(ish) coins are identifiable. I turned the photo around to what I think is the correct view.
@Numisnewbiest Thanks for sharing. The blog was posted yesterday, but does not reference where the blogger got the information. It would be interesting to see the cleaned coins. @arnoldoe I agree the coin with dots and an eagle looks like a legionary denarius. @Bing should tell us which one. The coin with lettering around the edge looks a bit more like a Roman Imperial coin to me. I read the article and it does not reference a source for the Republican attribution.
I agree that one of the denarii is one of the "Legionary" Denarii minted by Marc Antony between 32-31 BC. However the second coin is clearly one of Tiberius Though the portrait has something on the face, one can still see some detail; in the hair which appears to be more typical to a Julio- Claudian portrait than either a Republican or a later Imperial denarius. However it is the legend that gives the coin away. To the left one can clearly read the word AVGVSTVS and to the right though less clear one can sea TI CAES.... Given the placement of the legend and how they are placed on the coin it is clear that this is a denarius of Tiberius. Tiberius Ar Denarius Lugdunum circa 15-18 BC Obv Head right laureate. Rv. Pax seated right. RIC 26 3.74 grms 18 mm. Photo by W. Hansen What I cannot say is what is the reverse type of this coin. I would assume given the relative frequency of the "Pax" type that it would be one of those. Hopefully we will see more of this hoard at some future date.
It's such a poor image, It is almost impossible yo be certain. I believe I see XV, but there could possibly be other numerals making XVI, XVII, XVIII, XVIIII. My guess is that it is just XV like this one:
Near the town of Twentynine Palms, California in 2015 diggers unearthed 9,000 artifacts dating back to 11 + thousand years old. Try the outcroppings near the Chumash Painted Cave State Park. You might find flint tools like I did. If you're in the San Diego area, the the base of the cliffs at Pacific Beach also have some nice fossils.
