Found again a roman coin treasure

[mtc cocoon wim]

Last week-end i found several silver roman coins on a big field so i called the mates together for a very thorough sweep of the field

After 7 hours we had a total of 41 silver coins Roman all from 2nd century ..... 18 pieces were found by me

Now it starts for me the very delicate matter of cleaning but have enough experience with it

a copy is already cleaned now ... emperor Lucius Verus 161-169 after christ .... denarius with nummer RIC 482

 

[minelabking]

Beautiful coins.

 

[After-1-]

Very nice finds, looks to be a lot different yrs or coin value stamping. Very nice on your part to share the finds------Nice -GH------------------after1-----------

 

[trojdor]

That's just beautiful...

mike

 

[Phillip_in_NM]

Wow!!! Amazing finds.

[size=x-large]Congratulations!!![/size]

 

[Furious T]

I'm stunned..wonderful finds...congratulations!!

 

[miffdan]

My heart palpitates just imagining finding one of those beauties! Great finds! Living in the States I can, at best, hope for a pre-Revolution British coin but not expecting that to happen.

 

[mtc cocoon wim]

yet few other cleaned up in the meantime

 

[mtc cocoon wim]

and these ones

 

[vikingvic]

If all those similar coins are found in the same field does it have to be reported to the FLO as a possible hoard?

Just curious.

 

[doc holiday232]

Please DON'T report them.

 

[Agseeker]

Beautiful coins and a great find. Wish there were coins that old in the USA. The oldest coin I've found is an 18th century Chinese coin.

If you don't mind me asking, how do you clean those silver Roman coins? They look fantastic!

 

[timwied]

I'd like to know that too! Those are some awesome finds!

 

[Lost In Time]

Lovely finds , but imo they have been over cleaned

 

[mtc cocoon wim]

UPDATE

From the first day i reported the location as it is required by law, If not I can lose my legal authorization for metaldetecting in Flanders.

The cleaning proces is one of several steps and time consuming but big factors are the use of lemon juice and very special soft brass brushes

Indeed they are little over cleaned in the point of view of collectors but If I visit museums I see that they also clean there coins as i do.

Several weeks later I still haven't found the source of the coins but already found a nice number of them.

Now the field is the field is sown with wheat so i have to wait till next year.

Greetings
Wim

 

[Silverindahole]

Quite the field....so nice that they have all kept their shape and were not crusted...who knows what you will find there...maybe a copper pot?

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

That's truly amazing - a huge congrats !!!

Any chance that you have an spare room in your house that I can stay in this summer ?