rare and valuable roman gold coin found in a uk field

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Immaculate gold coin worth £100,000 emblazoned with the face of 'the first Brexiteer' who took Britain out of the Roman Empire in 293AD is discovered by an amateur metal detectorist

Emperor Allectus took Britain out of the Roman Empire during his reign in 293AD
His face is emblazoned on the immaculately preserved coin found in Dover
Anonymous hobbyist found the coin in a ploughed field near a Roman road
Profits will have to split the proceeds of the sale 50/50 with the landowner

By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline

Published: 12:04, 5 April 2019 | Updated: 12:39, 5 April 2019

An amateur metal detectorist scouring the grounds of a field in Kent has discovered a perfectly preserved gold coin dating back almost 2,000 years.

It is emblazoned with the face of Emperor Allectu who is being touted as the first Brexiteer after he took Britain out of the Roman Empire during his reign around 293AD.

The 24 carat gold coin, known as an Aureus, is expected to sell for £100,000 ($130,000) when it goes to auction later this year.

An anonymous hobbyist found the coin in a newly-ploughed field near an ancient Roman road in Dover, Kent.

The 30-year-old finder initially thought the coin was fake due to its condition until it weighed in at a hefty 4.31 grams - confirming its provenance.

wow! fantastic find! i can picture a roman soldier walking along the ancient road reaching into his pocket to "scratch" himself, pulling his hand out,and the coin drops to the ground!..yikes! ..i'm just saying'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

That's a lovely coin and appears to be Genuine.

Some years ago when I attended a Rally event in a Scandi country, I was about 50 feet away from a fellow who turned up a Roman gold.
The find really puzzled me as the local Club had been hunting the site for many years and it hadn't turned up previously!
The guy was using an 'X-Terra 705' so it wasn't that deep...5" maybe?
Why hadn't it been found earlier? I don't believe it had ever been there in the first place?

And...it had to be given up to the Museum immediately after finding as they are the Rules and another fellow came a few hours later and took it away in a wooden brief case! So the guy, if it was his own coin lost out>Why? Kudos???

Des D Wrote:
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> That's a lovely coin and appears to be Genuine.
>
> Some years ago when I attended a Rally event in a
> Scandi country, I was about 50 feet away from a fe
> llow who turned up a Roman gold.
> The find really puzzled me as the local Club had b
> een hunting the site for many years and it hadn't
> turned up previously!
> The guy was using an 'X-Terra 705' so it wasn't th
> at deep...5" maybe?
> Why hadn't it been found earlier? I don't believe
> it had ever been there in the first place?
>
> And...it had to be given up to the Museum immediat
> ely after finding as they are the Rules and anothe
> r fellow came a few hours later and took it away i
> n a wooden brief case! So the guy, if it was his o
> wn coin lost out>Why? Kudos???


It was it's time to be found. I've hunted spots and often said to myself there is nothing left here only to return the following year and find more gold, I guess, I missed before. So many possibilities.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2019 01:29AM by OBN.

jmaryt Wrote:
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> wow! fantastic find! i can picture a roman soldier
> walking along the ancient road reaching into his p
> ocket to "scratch" himself, pulling his hand out,a
> nd the coin drops to the ground!..yikes! ..i'm jus
> t saying'
>
> (h.h.!)
> j.t.


seems unlikely as pockets hadnt been invented at that time ..they used to use a purse hanging from a belt .pockets came along 1500to1600s period.. strange as it seems

dealers are saying this coin could make over 1/2 a million and up

I call that one - game, set, match.
Magnificent find.

Love the ancient history overseas.....castles, ect.... So man-purses existed before pockets.....wow....didnt know that.

The Scandinavians uniformly rate discovery and documentation of their shared history over personal gain - funny, that.

Rick Kempf
Gold Canyon AZ- where there is no gold

Different times I guess. Can you imagine....who had the ability to own gold coins here in the US? So ya think the average Joe had them in their pocket?