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Originally posted by johnny:
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Originally posted by Epona:
Well I'm not superstitious so don't believe in good luck charms. But having said that, I carry a Roman coin around with me - it has the goddess Fortuna (luck) on one side. The main reason I carry it is because it was given to me by someone special [img]smile.gif[/img]
Also it is quite nice to carry something that is over 1750 years old [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Whoa Epona, that must be worth quite a lot of money, did you have that examined ? Btw, why are you still here, aren't you supposed to be partying your ass off by now ? 
[/QUOTE]johnny, alas no! It's a bronze coin from the reign of Gallienus (about AD250). Most roman coins, especially the later ones are not worth a lot of money, there are thousands of the things about. Some of the early ones from the Republican period would be worth a fair bit! I also have a silver coin from around AD240, that's worth about £30, I won it in a raffle.
For me it is the novelty value of having something that old. I also have part of a roman bronze fibula (a brooch used to pin a toga), also given to me by my bf who has quite a collection of roman stuff - mostly coins and brooches.
Here's a picture of a rather nice fibula, mine is plainer than this and a bit corroded but in fairly good nick.
