http://s942.photobucket.com/albums/ad264/FranklinReus/

Came across this the other evening when out walking the dog on a muddy lane....the "coin" had managed to lodge itself under one of his feet and caused him to limp, otherwise I'd have never spotted it.
Copper coloured, bad condition, but you can just about make out a head on one side, and a strange figure on the reverse....holding a staff?
I've also shown it next to a current 5p for size comparison purposes.
Any ideas?

Looks like a Roman coin. Whereabouts did you find it? parts of Rotherham and Doncaster both had Roman settlement.

Looks like a Roman coin. Whereabouts did you find it? parts of Rotherham and Doncaster both had Roman settlement.

Roman?
Really?
Didn't expect that!
Dronfield...unmade road....more of a cart track, really....

Could it be this?
http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type5.html

I reckon so! You could get in touch with the Portable Antiquities Scheme for identification and to log where it was found.

Could it be this?
http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type5.html

Could well be, squire - well spotted, that man!
Would certainly explain the ....er....rather strange arm and leg angles on the reverse!
For some reason, I completely overlooked the fact that he could be dragging a captive whilst holding a labarum!
The face side's a bit trickier to confirm as a match....what a shame that the lettering's gone.
Common coin or no, it's still something I didn't expect to find in Dronny!
Thanks for your help and keen eye....

Yup, that's from Romano Britain.

I reckon so! You could get in touch with the Portable Antiquities Scheme for identification and to log where it was found.

I'll look it up this very afternoon....thank you.

http://www.finds.org.uk/romancoins/

Who owns the land where it was found?

http://www.finds.org.uk/romancoins/

Who owns the land where it was found?

The local council, at a guess.
Old cart track - not maintained - next to the river Drone.

Oooo lucky you very interesting find,wonder what it bought in the past ?

My husband once found a coin on roman ridge wincobank,He took it to weston park museam they were very helpful,they gave him the address of the main museam in london to have it sent to be looked at.

I am just waiting for the new thread on SF from some Roman asking if anyone had found his lunch money in Dronfield

I bet it was used to buy Wagon Wheels because they were much bigger in the olden days

I am just waiting for the new thread on SF from some Roman asking if anyone had found his lunch money in Dronfield

Or....one along the lines of "that's the problem with these foreigners - they come over here, throw their weight and money about.....anybody'd think they owned the place"!

I'd recommend contacting the Archaeology Department of the University of Sheffield based on West Street for advice.

They should be able to tell you who to contact with regards to jurisdiction, landowners rights, assessment of the coin and legal requirements.

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How lucky you are. I love old things and so wish I had found it. It's nothing to do with value (unlikely to be worth anything) but just the thought of handlind something that belonged to someone so long ago.

How lucky you are. I love old things and so wish I had found it. It's nothing to do with value (unlikely to be worth anything) but just the thought of handlind something that belonged to someone so long ago.

I know exactly what you mean.

I went completely giddy the time I held a Roman coin just minutes after it had been dug up unexpectedly (this was near Chichester in West Sussex many years ago).

The local council, at a guess.
Old cart track - not maintained - next to the river Drone.

Cool. Find out who owns the land and report the coin and where exactly you found it to the Portable Antiquities people. If you want to sell the coin at any time it HAS to be reported and I believe the landowner gets half the money.

Looks like a mashed up 2 pence coin to me..........

I am sorry to say you will not get very rich if you try to sell it, one has been sold here for 45 Euros that could be like yours
http://www.monetaromana.com/
or try here
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=478

I would say i am 95% sure it is a roman coin, we studied these in school ( history).

We had to identify all sorts of coins, and this one looks similar just cannot remember the exact name...

They are worthless, but good to keep as a bit of history maybe for your grandkids to show their kids ect...

It looks like Theodosius 1st. 379-395AD. Hard to tell from the picture.

A nice find but sadly probably not valuable.

They turn up in urns full of the things.

Remember it may not be valuable in itself, but the location of the find may well be to the historical and archaeological community.