Thursday, October 30, 2008

Hoard of Roman coins declared treasure

A story by Laura Hannam in MK News reports on a hoard of 1400 bronze Roman coins, discovered in 2006, and recently declared treasure.
"It was about 5.30pm at this time of year so it was pitch black and we couldn't see a thing," added Mr Phillips.

"We laid on our bellies and kept pulling out coins.

"It is difficult to explain how you feel when you are finding coins left, right and centre.

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The hoard has since been identified by the British Museum as dating from the 4th century AD.
(via Rogue Classicism)

1 comment:

Ed Snible said...

Followup: Cultural Property Observer comments on the blog reaction to the find.