My Lucky 13th Trip to England Roman Gold Coin
September 16-26, 2019 1,500 Years Old!
Colchester, England
Amazing Bright Gold
In the ground for 1,500 years!
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As dug. Probably hit by a plow.
Roman Gold coin description
Anastasius AV Solidus. 491-518 AD. 4.41 g. Constantinople. DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarter face to right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm / VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter, Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross, star to right (rarely: a cross). Mintmark CONOB. Sear Byz. 3; DO 3-5; MIB 3-5. Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the end of the empire the currency was issued only in silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue. |
October 25, 2019. My first treasure hunting trip to England was in the spring of 2010. I went with the sole purpose of finding my first ever gold coin. I thought it would be easy as I saw a lot of them being found. But I soon realized it was harder than I thought. I became obsessed with finding one and finally on the 13th trip my dream came true.
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L to R: CanadianRon, CaliforniaGail, FloridaRob, FloridaChuck, CaliforniaGary, MinnesotaMindy and FloridaBrian
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My lucky rainbow on the ground. Actually I saw this rainbow on a different field and on a different day but what the heck....gold at the end of the rainbow. haha.
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Our team visiting the Colchester Museum
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Great team picture right after I popped my Roman Gold
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