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The inscription was found at a burial site on Heilmannstraße (yellow circle). Map of Limes Germanicus, the system of fortifications representing the boundary of Roman control in Upper Germania. The Frankfurt silver inscription is an 18-line Latin engraving on a piece of silver foil, housed in a protective amulet dating to the mid-3rd century AD.
The Hildesheim Treasure, unearthed on October 17, 1868 in Hildesheim, Germany, is the largest collection of Roman silver found outside imperial frontiers. [1] Most of it can be dated to the 1st century AD. [1]
A small silver amulet discovered by archaeologists in Germany could transform our understanding of how Christianity spread under the Roman Empire, experts have said.
The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Corretti,Benvenuti. "Beginning of iron metallurgy in Tuscany, with special reference to Etruria mineraria." Mediterranean archaeology 14 (2001): 127–45. Healy, John F. Mining and metallurgy in the Greek and ...
A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday. The discovery was made during a cleaning ...
Nearly 300 of the Roman coins are silver denarii, minted between 200 B.C. and 47 A.D. ... Also found among the Roman coins were 72 gold aurei, dated from 18 B.C. to 47 A.D. Those coins show no ...
Over 1,000 pieces of silver, bronze, brass and iron (weapons, tools, coins, tableware, kitchenware etc.)., weighing more than 700 kg, sunk in the waters of the Rhine 1,700 years ago, the largest Roman-era trove of metals found in Europe, dug up in a gravel quarry near Neupotz, 30 km south of Speyer. "Attila and the Huns" (2007) "The Samurai" (2008)
Boys found rare silver treasure under church, kept it in box for 60 years — until now Metal detectorist stumbles on ‘lovely’ ancient Roman treasures in Wales, photo shows