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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3740846, member: 82549&quot;]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&#039;t detecting in a public park or other commonwealth area.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have a votive coin of Arcadius and a &quot;zoo&quot; coin of Gallienus. To see other examples of the Arcadius, go to the Arcadius page at Wildwinds (<a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/t.html</a>) and search the page for &quot;Vot V.&quot; Since the mint mark is off the flan on your coin, that&#039;s probably the best you can do.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Gallienus, go to <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/gallienus/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/gallienus/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/gallienus/t.html</a> and search the page for &quot;ric 179.&quot; You will see that RIC 179 left, XII is similar to your coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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