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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3893039, member: 82549&quot;]I have developed a new, low-cost metal-detecting technique for those of us who don&#039;t own metal detectors. I call it &quot;Looking Down While Walking. (LDWW)&quot; I can provide more specific details to anyone who is interested, but in a nutshell it involves walking and looking at the ground at the same time, preferably someplace where there is something interesting to look at while doing this. I&#039;m still working out some of the fine points--I just started practicing this technique only about sixty-three years ago--but already I&#039;ve had some success. Below is a photo of one of my more recent discoveries. I haven&#039;t been able to fully identify it yet, but I think it&#039;s probably a provincial, possibly from Nikopolis. It&#039;s in pretty rough shape, but I really like the style, particularly on the reverse. So far I&#039;ve soaked the coin in distilled water and scrubbed it with an old toothbrush and some dish-washing soap. Right now it&#039;s back soaking in DW. Any help with identification would be appreciated:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026855[/ATTACH]</p><p>Provincial AE19</p><p>Nikopolos?, 1st-2nd century A.D.?</p><p>Obv: Bare-headed bust, (Antoninus Pius?) right, wearing imperial mantle. Inscription, to left: LIB[A?]TY. On right: Phoenician script (= regnal year 19?)</p><p>Rev: Inscription around edge . . . T_D . . . TA . . . OFΔ . . . ICA - Dekastyle temple (with statue? Zeus?) Inscription above: EPL . . .U / ΘNΦ[SM?] in two lines. Below: ON . . . CI . .</p><p>19mm, 2.0g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show any discoveries you have made using this amazing new LDWW metal-detecting technique!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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