metal detecting find please help me identify

[Joshua L]

Hello sorry to bother you I live in the UK and today I was metal detecting a field and I found this coin and  I am having trouble identifying it I was wondering if you had any ideas thank you.
Sizes are as follows 1 inch diameter
3 mm thick
13.51 grams in weight

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[paps]

Not Roman, my guess would be Celtic. But, this is not my area.

[Mark Fox]

Dear Joshua and Board,

Wow, you found a bronze of Hipponium as a Roman colony (Vibo Valentia)!

http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/

Here is a specimen that looks very much like yours, in the collection of the British Museum:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1296910&partId=1&searchText=Valentia&page=1

Coins from Magna Graecia turn up occasionally on British soil, especially in SE England.  I once obtained what I believe was a very worn Syracusian bronze of the Arethusa/bull type from a metal detecting friend in Kent.   What is intriguing about your find is its age.  I think most of the British-found Italian bronzes I know of predate the Roman period.    


Best regards,

Mark Fox
Michigan

[Robert_Brenchley]

Have any been found in hoards or an archaeological context? It would be interesting to have an idea when they were imported.

[paps]

Mark that is incredible! I thought it looked Greek, but I thought that would be improbable.

Great find