Finally got that Roman coin identified after 8 months of guessing

Found a little bronze coin in my grandfather's old fishing tackle box back in March. He used to metal detect around old farm fields in Ohio in the 70s. Nobody in the family knew what it was, just that he'd kept it wrapped in a napkin with "Rome??" scribbled on it. I tried posting it in a few groups but the photos were terrible, and people kept saying it was a modern replica or maybe a button. Honestly I almost gave up on it. But last week I took it to a local coin shop in Youngstown, the guy there pulled out his magnifier and reference books, spent about 20 minutes on it. Turns out it's a Constantius II coin from around 350 AD. The shop owner said it's not worth much, maybe 30 bucks, but the interesting part is the mint mark. It was struck in Siscia, which is modern day Croatia. My grandfather never left Ohio his whole life, so how he ended up with this thing is a mystery. Has anyone else had an old family item turn out to be something way older than expected? I'm curious if the story behind how it got here will ever surface.

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