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600 kilos of Roman coins discovered in Spanish town

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    privaterarecoincollectorprivaterarecoincollector Posts: 629 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thats around 60.000 uncirculated Roman coins, end of third century, amazing !!
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wowzer!



    Edited to add: And I don't care that this is the wrong forum. I love stories like this, but I would never have seen it over on the darkside forum.
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    sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, I Believe your math is wrong. At 100 coins per kilo you'd be right but there are closer to 300-350 coins per kilo (assuming 3g each for late Roman bronzes), so closer to 200,000 pieces.
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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I doubt that they would be "uncirculated".

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    RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,784 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: CaptHenway
    Wowzer!

    Edited to add: And I don't care that this is the wrong forum. I love stories like this, but I would never have seen it over on the darkside forum.



    Totally agree. Amazing!! Thanks for posting!!
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow... that is amazing. There are still treasure hoards out there...Cheers, RickO
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wouldn't you love to know the story behind just why such a large hoard of coins was there? I wonder if the silver wash they used on coins of that era is still intact on some of the coins on the inside portion of the jars they were found in? Thanks for the post!
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love these stories. I want to see the follow up story with pics of the most rare ones and hear the final count!

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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amazing! It seems like a fortune in conservation work might be in order as well.
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    pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    Early Roman (Spanish) bank vaults?image
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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat!
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    ive only seen a few but 100% of those were in jars, whether gallon or 20-30 gallon.



    odd to me they are often found like this. obviously a popular (secretive?) way of storing them?



    this is probably the largest of the finds i've read about. from what little reading i've done.



    shipwrecks exempt.

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,539 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Back then, if you wanted to bury your bank - sealed clay pots were the way to go.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    its good to see stuff like that. just saying
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    JeffMTampaJeffMTampa Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Back then wars and battles were a common occurance. There were no bank vaults, so it was common to bury coins in walls or underground for protection. If the person who buried them didn't survive the battle the coins could be there for centuries.
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