Netherlands Find of Hundreds of British and Roman Coins from ~200 BC through ~50 AD
TomB
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I didn't see anything on this forum about a recent find in the Netherlands of approximately 400-coins dating from 200 BC through 50 AD so I thought a new thread was appropriate.
About 300 silver Roman denarii and 70 gold aurei were found buried along with several dozen gold alloy coins of the Celtic king Cunobelinus in what is now Great Britain. The coins are now in the National Museum of Antiquities in the Netherlands. Two images from the news story that I took the information from appear below.
As an aside, and I hope it doesn't happen, but I wonder how long it will be before these coins are stolen from the museum and lost to history just like the Celtic gold hoard. The Celtic gold hoard theft and destruction thread is immediately below-
The images of the Netherlands find are below-
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roman-coins-buried-2000-years-ago-found-the-netherlands/
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I certainly hope they won't end up being stolen - that's an incredible group of diverse coinage!