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shaggybfc
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Out in the fields this morning and this came up. I've been hoping for Roman ever since searching these fields and finally got something..... a nice Caesar button........not quite what I wanted, but I'll take it :thumbsup: :D :D
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Ok...gonna show my ignorance here
Thats a real button?
My goodness i really didnt think that folk made Roman buttons
Nice find though, bet that made the ticker miss a beat to start with...
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Victorian effigy,they like to cobble a few emperors together and makes some crazy legend. More than I got today though mate.
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I found one but saw the back of it first, then showed my mate and said do you know who this is? :lol: :lol:
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I fund something similar years ago only gold coloured. turned out to be from a Victorian ring :(
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Looks good though doesn’t it :thumbsup:
Yes I really don’t like Roman coins, I’m not joking
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Blackadder43 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:32 pm Ok...gonna show my ignorance here
Thats a real button?
My goodness i really didnt think that folk made Roman buttons
Nice find though, bet that made the ticker miss a beat to start with...
Yep, genuine aluminium button.
It was only about 3" deep and came out, first spadeful in the nicely loose soil? Saw it as shown, and as you say, my heart skipped a beat, but how I laughed when I saw it was a button..... :D
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Oxgirl wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:42 pm Looks good though doesn’t it :thumbsup:
It will certainly go in my button collection :thumbsup:
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