Finds for France - Roman Follis

[Restoring Your Finds]

Hello all,

Sorry, meant "Finds FROM France" in the title...
We were able to go back to our families in France for Christmas. It was also a nice opportunity to go metal detecting.
Here is a nice find from my first day out, a huge follis of Roman Emperor Maximianus.
Obverse : IMP.C.MAXIMIANVS.P.F.AVG
Reverse : FIDES MILITVM

Maximianus was a "Cesar" in July 285 AD and then an "Augustus" from April 1st 286 to May 1st 305.



I also found that tiny button from the French Revolution era:



Happy Hunting to all !

 

[Lodge Scent]

Wow! Great coin Taltahull.....great button too! Looks like you have a LOT of acreage to cover there. I can't help but notice your digging tool. I take it the ground is pretty hard !

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Great find, congrats!
:congrats:

 

[Restoring Your Finds]

Wow! Great coin Taltahull.....great button too! Looks like you have a LOT of acreage to cover there. I can't help but notice your digging tool. I take it the ground is pretty hard !

Thanks Lodge Scent. The ground is not so hard in the fields. But in this part of France, this is the digging tool I am using the most, because there are a lot of vineyards and I am usually there during the Summer. And then... wow... the ground is worse than rock !

 

[Restoring Your Finds]

Thanks Digger_O'Dell !

 

[Lodge Scent]

If it takes a pick axe, then you use a pick axe

 

[Restoring Your Finds]

If it takes a pick axe, then you use a pick axe

Exactly !!

 

[del]

the shear size of those fields are amazing and seem to go on to the horizon , congrats on the Roman coin and 18th century button !!:clapping:

Dan

 

[Restoring Your Finds]

the shear size of those fields are amazing and seem to go on to the horizon , congrats on the Roman coin and 18th century button !!:clapping:

Dan

Thanks Dan. Indeed, that permission I have here is HUGE !

 

[aloldstuff]

First thing I noticed was the size of the field....huge. Next was the digging tool.....also huge. Great finds. How does one go about ID'ing a coin like that?

 

[Restoring Your Finds]

First thing I noticed was the size of the field....huge. Next was the digging tool.....also huge. Great finds. How does one go about ID'ing a coin like that?

Thanks. IDing that coin was not really difficult. I could almost read all the legend on the obverse and I knew it was roman. The Internet and fora help a lot too.