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Detectorist discovers 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman silver coins

An amateur prospector with a metal detector stumbled upon a unique coin hoard near the town of Padea in the Romanian district of Dolj, about 150 km west of Bucharest on the Romanian-Bulgarian border. The hoard contained 1,168 Roman silver coins dating from the third century, when the area was wracked by heavy fighting.

A unique Roman gold coin of incredible value has been sold

One of the two known gold coins of the quattrino type of Emperor Maxentius from around 308 AD, which depicts the rebuilding of the Temple of Venus in Rome, sold at auction for a huge sum on 2 November. Initial estimates ranged from $100,000 to $200,000, but the final price far exceeded expectations.

8. 5. 2002

8.5.2002 574 coins found during excavation

For almost 500 years it lay beneath the surface. It survived hundreds of years of the Hungarian monarchy and dozens of battles. This is about the treasure found by the brigade in the centre of the Slovak town of Michalovce. The depot contained 574 silver coins.

He discovered a cache of Viking silver coins in a field

The Finnish metal detectorist Oskari Heikkilä was very happy to discover Viking silver coins in the field. There were a total of twelve pieces, some of them apparently used as jewellery. They date back to the 10th century.

4/13/2016 He got 108,000 for a jug with 284 coins

The reward of 108 thousand crowns was given to the forester who found the treasure near Ujčov in the Žďár region. Specifically, he discovered a jug of 284 coins. He preserved it in an exemplary manner and handed it over to the Museum of the Highlands in Jihlava. The region decided to receive 80,000 more than it is legally entitled to.

30.3.2014 A pot full of silver denarii

Two thousand denarii were found eight years ago by Tomáš Kašpar from Dvůr Králové. The treasure was hidden in a clay jug, but it was broken. The finder discovered the depot in a meadow and reported it honestly.

25. 3. 2020

25 Mar 2020 Over 7000 coins in the meadow

Two years ago, an unknown finder picked up coins in a meadow near Vysoká near Jevíčko. He summoned archaeologists to the site, who thoroughly searched the soil. The depot eventually contained over 7,000 coins from the 16th and 17th centuries.

19. 3. 2007

19 Mar 2007 Treasure of 545 Celtic coins

Fifteen years ago, archaeologists discovered the remains of a large farm in the French village of Laniscat, which had been in operation since the third century BC. They subsequently unearthed 545 Celtic coins made by the Gauls.

Roman treasure from Como: 5 kg of gold including 1 000 gold coins in a soapstone cooking pot

A hoard of gold coins from the end of the Western Roman Empire, discovered in 2018 under an oldm theatre in Como, Italy, turned out to be even more significant than it first appeared. Not only in terms of the number of coins and the weight of the gold hoard, but also with regard to the time of its deposition.

17. 3. 2016

17 Mar 2016 They were repairing pipes, found 600 kilos of treasure

The incredible treasure was discovered six years ago by workers in Seville while repairing a water pipe. They found 600 kilograms of coins in 19 amphorae. The plates bore the likenesses of Maximian and Constantine.

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