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600 KILOS of Roman Coins Construction workers have found 600 kilos (1,300 pounds) of ancient Roman coins while carrying out routine work on water pipes in southern Spain, local officials said Thursday. "It is a unique collection and there are very few similar cases," Ana Navarro, head of Seville's Archeology Museum which is looking after the find, told a news conference. Dating back to the late third and early fourth centuries, the bronze coins were found Wednesday inside 19 Roman amphoras, a type of jar, in the town of Tomares near Seville. Navarro declined to give a precise estimate for the value of the haul, saying only that the coins were worth "certainly several million euros"."I could not give you an economic value, because the value they really have is historical and you can't calculate that." The coins are stamped with the inscriptions of emperors Maximian and Constantine, and they appeared not to have been in circulation as they show little evidence of wear and tear. It is thought they were intended pay the army or civil servants. "The majority were newly minted and some of them probably were bathed in silver, not just bronze," said Navarro. Local officials have suspended the work on the water pipes and plan to carry out an archaeological excavation on the site. The Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula in 218 BC, ruling until the early 5th century when they were ousted by the Visigoths. |
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It won't be long before some of these coins shop up on eBay and you can bid on them for your collection.
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4/28/2016 9:46 pm |
It won't be long before some of these coins shop up on eBay and you can bid on them for your collection.
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4/28/2016 9:50 pm |
with such an abundance in very fine shape, however, the market for those late empire coins was already low... they can probably only get $5 - $10 a piece for them.
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4/28/2016 10:44 pm |
Try to find a John Deere Dealer who would take that many coins!
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so they found your stash from your customers very interesting find though
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4/29/2016 12:04 am |
so they found your stash from your customers very interesting find though
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Glad they found my coins now if only they would return them to me
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4/29/2016 6:55 pm |
So are you going to try and get some for a collection?
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4/29/2016 7:10 pm |
LOL A bit before the Dillinger Gang got a crack at it!
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4/29/2016 7:14 pm |
BiBBsie got there ahead of me!
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4/29/2016 7:15 pm |
Glad they found my coins now if only they would return them to me
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4/29/2016 7:18 pm |
So are you going to try and get some for a collection?
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