ID for coins I dug

Below are pictures of two coins I dug recently (Spain) and I'm not sure of their ID. It has been along time coming to be able to get enough detail to get an idea of what they might be as they were encrusted in rock like crust. I soaked I olive oil for a long time and tooth brushed once in a while to get them to their current state.

1st one


Second one.


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Those are some cool coins!
Looks like it was a good day.

 

that bear or whatever it is within the crest on the obv of the second coin should be of some help to someone who knows that stuff... pretty cool. the only cool thing i ever dug out of the ground was the skeleton of a rattlesnake I killed and buried so i could get a skeleton later...

 

The top one is a common fel temp type, which you can try to identify yourself. Total attribution will be difficult due to the wear. Here is the link
http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/024/024i.htm

 

Thanks all! That link http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/024/024i.htm
Is great.

I recovered another, what I believe to be "ancient era" item but not sure if it's a coin or not?

It was encased in hard crust that olive oil finally loosened up enough to work with a tooth pick and tooth brush.

There are no features, just slick. About 15mm diameter.

 

I think you're out of luck with that one...

 

??? ... it's all I got

 

I'd rather study the pancake!

 

2nd coin is what I have seen referred to as Maravedis or pirate coins... I am guessing Spanish colonial...17th or 16th C??

 

I guess it's a rampant lion, probably Dutch the sort of Daalder-17th century.

 

Here is one I just dug tonight. It is about the size of a nickel. I have only rinsed it with water and a tooth brush. It is soaking right now. Pretty thick crust on this one.

As it came out of the ground


Size comparison


What I believe to be the obverse


What I believe to be the reverse. Can barely make out a standing figure on the right.

 

Two coins dug recently (Spain)

 

What an awesome experience that must have been! That makes you the first person to touch those coins since they came to rest on that spot two thousand years ago. Not only the coins but the surrounding earth are an intimate slice of ancient history that you were blessed to discover and hold in your hands.

 

I do not believe there is enough detail to ID at this point, but here is the coin I dug from last week. A lot of the crust is gone but it still has some really hard stuff I don't feel comfortable trying to remove. I'll leave it like this unless you have any good ideas.

 

The portrait looks like an LRB. The reverse type reminds me of this coin:



Magnus Maximus, Augustus, A.D. 383-388
(Bronze) AE II
Arlate mint, A.D. 383-388
Obv: D N MAG MAXI-MVS P F AVG
Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB - Emperor, standing, facing left, holding Victory on globe and raising kneeling turreted woman
PCON in exergue
RIC 26(a)
22mm, 4.2g.

Possible emperors include Gratian, Valentinian II, Magnus Maximus and, I think, Arcadius and Theodosius I.

 

I spent a little bit of time with my detector today but did not recover any coins worth mentioning (oldest one was from 1957).

What caught my eye was an old button with green patina on it. This is pretty much as it came out of the ground with just tap water and a tooth brush. Pictures are below. I would love to ID it but I'm not a button guy.

It's not a coin but I thought it was worth sharing just to show that old coins don't jump out of the ground. Doesn't mean unexpected things don't catch your attention.