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NDBirdman Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 12/28/2018 5:19 pm I found this many years back whilst metal detecting in Germany. I think it's roman as I was near an old roman occupied city. I have no idea what it is, obverse can be somewhat made out, back, well, good luck. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16181 Posts	Posted 12/28/2018 6:53 pm It is indeed an ancient Roman coin. Unusually for a Roman Imperial coin, it does not depict an emperor, but rather is a city commemorative piece. When Constantine the Great founded Constantinople and transferred the capital to there from Rome, he issued two types of commemorative coins. One (your type) depicts a personification of Constantinopolis, with Victory standing on the prow of a ship with a sceptre and shield. The other type remembers the old capital, depicting Roma and on the reverse has the Wold and the twin infants Romulus and Remus, from the foundation myth of ancient Rome. Your coin is the first type. Rotate the bottom picture about 120 degrees clockwise to make it "right way up". Unfortunately, I can't read the mintmark so can't tell you which mint it came from, but being found in Germany, it's most likely to be a locally-produced coin, from the Treveri (Trier) mint. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
NDBirdman Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 12/28/2018 8:09 pm Cool, I found it in Trier whilst stationed at Bitburg AB many years ago. It was a dump site/field for a large excavation being done in the city. A few weeks after I found this, a jar of Roman gold coins was dug up/discovered. Would have loved to found that, but with their laws, they would have taken them for the government. Still would have been a very fun find. A couple months later, a fellow detectorist dug up a german hand grenade. I put my detector up and did not touch it until I returned to the states. Report this Post to the Staff
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