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A hoard of Roman coins worth over $125,000 was found during a construction project in central England. ... was buried in a pot and unearthed by members of the public in late 2023, according to the ...
[4] [5] The coins date from AD 260 to 348. [6] The coins are made from copper-alloy. The hoard is one of the largest ever found of 4th-century coins in the former Roman empire and consist of coins from the reign of Roman emperor Constantine I and his family in AD 306 and the joint reign of Constantius II and his younger brother Constans, from ...
The list of Roman hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with period of Romano-British culture when Southern Britain was under the control of the Roman Empire, from AD 43 until about 410, as well as the subsequent ...
The Cunetio Hoard, also known as the Mildenhall Hoard, [1] is the largest hoard of Roman coins found in Britain. It was discovered in 1978 at the site of the Roman town of Cunetio, near modern-day Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and consisted of 54,951 low value coins. The coins were contained in a large pot and a lead container. [2]
While at first the 53-year-old uncovered only discarded metal tent pegs, he dug a little deeper and hidden below was a valuable silver Roman siliqua coin said to be about 1,600 years old.
A British man who found a massive cache of ancient Roman gold and silver coins while hunting with a metal detector has a lot more modern currency in his pocket after the treasure was auctioned off ...
The earliest coins in the hoard were minted 63 AD, during the reign of Nero. [5] 99% of the coins were minted before 167 AD. Only six coins were struck between 193 and 196 AD. The coins weigh between 5.8 and 7.6 gram. [1] 40 Roman emperors and their relatives are depicted on the coins. [1] [3]
The Frome Hoard is a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins found in April 2010, by metal detectorist Dave Crisp near Frome in Somerset, England. [1] The coins were contained in a ceramic pot 45 cm (18 in) in diameter, [2] and date from AD 253 to 305. Most of the coins are made from debased silver or bronze. [1]