Roy Page with the ancient coin he found metal detecting
Uh hm.
Mold-based Historical Search Society
Their membership might be elderly but really.
"The person who held the coin was probably a Roman.
Or not.
Cool. Either the coin was fairly old when it came to Britain, or it came to Britain from Rome through several hands. It could have gotten there not long after it was minted if it passed up through Gaul and into Britain in a series of exchanges.
Silver is silver, and an unfamiliar coin would have been weighed to decide what it was worth.
Silver?? When Rome had real money, before they made all them worthless coated slugs of bronz.
The wear and tear on the coin leaves the image up to one’s own interpretation. (like looking up at puffy clouds and making out shapes for whimsy sake.)
Is it just me, or does anybody else make out the form of a Dog- headed human in a full sprint on a treadmill?
It has the makings of a Rorschach test.
Roy Page with the ancient coin he found metal detecting
That’s what I want to do when I get old, decrepit and useless - hunt for treasure. And conceal my finds from the thieving, fascist government.
John Adams - founding father and smuggler - an American hero.
One day, at the appropriate post, I’ll tell my story about the federal fascist bureaucrats who steal our national treasures.
And here I thought getting a bicentennial quarter with my change back from a cup of coffee the other day was special...
The other side’s got Helen Thomas’ picture on it.