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Bob W wrote:
Hi,
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 6:16:19 PM, Jostein wrote:
The coin is genuinely Roman. I don't know which emperor is portrayed on it, though.
that's a pity. I had a surfus maximus googlensis of Roman coin sites yesterday when I saw the picture, and thought it looked like Trajan, or possibly Titus or Domitian. But unfortunately for my theory they were all emperor before Hadrian, so perhaps it's unlikely, though not impossible.
The photograph is taken at the excavation site of Vindolanda, by Hadrian's wall, UK. Mike Wilson and wife took us there summer 2003. The archaeologists were very friendly, and took time to chat with visitors. One of them passed around his findings of the day for us to look at, and this coin was of course one of the most interesting items.
You might have been there at the same time as my erstwhile boss. She spent her summer holidays at Vindolanda as a volunteer digger, and was very thrilled by the whole experience. I've been meaning to go there for years. Perhaps next spring.
-- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
