Coins in Metz France Museum ** Pictures **

itsnotjustme

Originally posted on US Coin Forum, but added here since this is the World and Ancient Forum....

We went to a museum in Metz Saturday, and came across these heap-o-coins. There were plaques describing when they were found and when they are from. If I remember right, the piles range from under 200 coins to over 700 coins, and they were typically found in ceremic jars/bowls. The dates of the coins begin 100-200 AD, and a little more recent.

Sorry the pictures are not better, but the light was low and it was through glass of course.

lordmarcovan

Ooooooohhhhhhh.... that is one big ol' FANTASTIC pile of ants!

(Antoninianii, for those unfamiliar with the slang).

What a great hoard! Thanks for the pictures, Brian!

Looks like some very nice stuff. I think I see the emperors Probus and/or Aurelian in the foreground of the top picture, maybe.

You're so lucky to be able to travel in Europe. I dream of wandering around amidst all that history one day. (Not to mention getting loose with a detector in some British or European dirt, and digging some stuff like that... *sigh*)




Speaking of antoninianii, I have built up a pretty decent "pile" of them myself, in less than a year of collecting Roman coins. Here are some of my more silvery ones. I have a bunch more without the silvering.


Gordian III, 238-244 AD (R-2)


Philip I ("Philip the Arab"), 244-249 AD (R-3)


Philip II, 247-249 AD (R-3)


Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD (R-3)


Herennia Etruscilla (wife of Trajan Decius) (R-3)


Herennius Etruscus, 251 AD (R-4)


Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD (R-3)


Volusian, 251-253 AD (R-4)


Gallienus, 260-268 AD (R-2)


Postumus (c.260-269 AD, usurper) (R-3)


Claudius II, 268-270 AD (R-2)