Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4956049, member: 10461&quot;]No, I remember what I was thinking of now.&nbsp; It was not my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I happened to be standing nearby in a British potato field when one of my metal detecting colleagues on <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/">that trip</a> dug a Marcus Aurelius sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was on the site of a medieval abbey in Essex, and was during my very first hour detecting in the UK, so that was exciting to see.&nbsp; (Visions of <i>aureii</i> began dancing in my head immediately!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was the only one in the group (of all Americans) who knew what it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was rough- the flan didn&#039;t fare so well after 1,800 years in plowed ground- but you could tell the portrait was pretty sharp and the coin had been in reasonably high grade when it was lost so long ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk%2F2013Novfindpics%2Fcrispbigas2s.jpg&amp;hash=25646a3d6306c12bddef3308156e9131" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk%2F2013Novfindpics%2Fcrispbigass.jpg&amp;hash=2c00e3f6ec0ce08bc06484b218d42967" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was the field where it was found.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/wixabbeysite-png.666019/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS- <i>my</i> finds in the sucking mud of the field that day consisted of exactly <i>one</i> rusty-crusty iron object.&nbsp; I liked to imagine that it was the socket portion of an ancient or medieval spear point, but it could just as easily have been the remains of a Victorian farming implement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in