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ancient silver coin
« on: September 30, 2014, 12:42:11 pm »
hi someone can tell me what is this coin and what is it value?


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Mat

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Re: ancient silver coin
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 01:05:33 pm »
Hi, this is a tetradrachm of the
Roman emperor Nero (54-68 AD), struck in Antioch in the year 63-64 AD.
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« Last Edit: September 30, 2014, 01:21:20 pm by Mat »

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Re: ancient silver coin
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 02:04:33 pm »
Wow !!  That is an old coin !!   Thanks Mat !!

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Re: ancient silver coin
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2014, 10:01:00 am »
The nice thing about the story of this coin, is one of my friend went to a walking in the area where she lives after a rainy day, and found the coin on the ground.

the place where this coin found is near the historical area which is called: tel megiddo.

 is nice to find a coin when you know the last person who used it lived almost 2000 years ago  :)

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Re: ancient silver coin
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2014, 12:15:34 pm »
That even makes it better !!  Nice find !!

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Re: ancient silver coin
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2014, 05:35:26 pm »
Great find and even better story! :)  Thanks for sharing!
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