4TH CENTURY ROMAN COINS FIND Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 12, March 21, 2004, Article 9
4TH CENTURY ROMAN COINS FIND
Arthur Shippee forwarded the following link from
Explorator, the newsletter on ancient history:"A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman
coins as he dug a new fishpond in his back garden.Experts say the money may date from the 4th Century
and could be the biggest find of its kind in Britain.The coins were crammed into a ceramic pot which broke
up as it was dug out of the ground at Thornbury, South
Gloucestershire.""Mr. Allen said: "It was a great surprise and at first I
didn't realise what we had found."The pot was perfectly upright; I can't believe that this
discovery was only 20ft from our house."Kurt Adams, the Finds Liaison Officer for Gloucestershire
and Avon, said: "The coins identified so far can be
attributed to Constantine the Great."To read the full article (with illustrations): Full article
The home page of The Explorator is: The Explorator
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