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Ancient hoard of gold Roman coins discovered in plowed UK field
https://www.livescience.com ^ | JULY 12, 2022 | By Jennifer Nalewicki

Posted on 07/13/2022 8:17:45 AM PDT by Red Badger

Experts believe that the "exceptional" treasure trove could lead to more discoveries in the area.

The front and back of a gold coin from the ancient Roman empire. The front shows Augustus Caesar and the back shows his grandson on a horse.

One of the gold coins from the Roman empire found in the English countryside. Augustus Caesar is featured on the front, and his grandson Gaius on horseback is depicted on the back. (Image credit: Two of the 11 gold coins from the Roman empire found in the English countryside. Photo by Adrian Marsden) A cache of gold coins found buried on farmland in the United Kingdom has caught the attention of coin experts, who have linked the treasure trove to the Roman Empire.

So far, metal detectorists have discovered 11 coins on a remote stretch of cultivated field located in Norfolk, a rural county near England's eastern coast, and experts remain hopeful that more could be unearthed in the future.

Damon and Denise Pye, a pair of local metal detectorists, found the first of several gold coins in 2017, after local farmers finished plowing the soil at the end of the harvest season, which made the land prime for exploration. The haul has been dubbed "The Broads Hoard" by local numismatists (coin specialists and collectors), for its geographic location near The Broads, a network of rivers and lakes that run through the English countryside.

"The coins were found scattered around in the plow soil, which has been churned up year after year, causing the soil to be turned over constantly and led to them eventually coming to the surface," said Adrian Marsden, a numismatist at Norfolk County Council who specializes in ancient Roman coins.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: coins; damonpye; denisepye; england; epigraphyandlanguage; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; gold; jennifernalewicki; norfolk; romanempire; unitedkingdom
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To: Red Badger

When will people learn to keep their mouths shut?

The government gets what, all of it?


21 posted on 07/13/2022 8:39:06 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Red Badger

I hate these archeology/paleontology news because they imply something was JUST found, when in fact it happened years ago.

No one wants to tell the news.

I think the only time we got timely “discovery” reporting was when the Titanic was spotted.


22 posted on 07/13/2022 8:39:55 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Must have been made at wine harvest festival time...............


23 posted on 07/13/2022 8:41:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

A friend of mine managed a tree farm on the banks of the lower Umpqua River in Oregon. He and his crew always found plenty of arrowheads and a spear point or two after plowing.


24 posted on 07/13/2022 8:42:49 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Red Badger

They are worthless. I can’t find a single vending machine that takes them.


25 posted on 07/13/2022 8:43:16 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Red Badger

Can you see all those Romans burying their stash and telling it don’t worry I’ll be back ,LOL


26 posted on 07/13/2022 8:46:03 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Not just Romans, but common Anglicans as well. The coin of the realm was ROMAN..................


27 posted on 07/13/2022 8:48:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Yep, my aunt had a Spear point about 4 inches long and a Corn Grinding Stone she found on their farm!................


28 posted on 07/13/2022 8:50:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

My XP Deus II metal detector will pay off big one of these days. (I do pretty well, but nowhere near THAT we’ll). The metal detectorist Ed in the UK have it pretty good access to unbelievable finds, but must turn hoards into the government and hope they get their “fair value” payback after years and years of litigation.


29 posted on 07/13/2022 8:51:42 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Red Badger

I had an obsidian scraper when I was a kid, found it near the Malheur Cave in SE Oregon. I eventually lost it, of course.


30 posted on 07/13/2022 8:53:50 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Yeah, all the arrowheads I found are long lost to my childhood. My aunt's Corn Grinding Stone looked like this one on top, only it was more triangular shaped....
31 posted on 07/13/2022 8:56:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
I eventually lost it, of course.

Not to worry. Someone will find it in another 2000 years. AND it will be worth a lot more than it is today!

32 posted on 07/13/2022 8:56:47 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I think that’s because people would shave just a little bit of the edge off, save the gold, then do it every time a coin passed through their hands. Soon they had a small stash of “extra” gold.

That’s why the edges of modern coins are beveled, so you can see if someone has shaved off metal.


33 posted on 07/13/2022 8:58:20 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Red Badger

I used to find musketballs all the time when I was a kid. We lived near to where the final battle with Santa Anna was fought in the Texas Revolution.


34 posted on 07/13/2022 9:02:06 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Red Badger

LOL…best and most obvious explanation!


35 posted on 07/13/2022 9:03:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: Red Badger; Daffynition
The front shows Augustus Caesar and the back shows his grandson on a horse.

Shouldn't this news have waited until next month?

We've already had July's Caesar story about the guy being excavated from a pizza vent.

36 posted on 07/13/2022 9:03:03 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ . . . - - - . . . "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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To: packagingguy

Yes, people did that. But wouldn’t you do it evenly around the entire circumference of the coin? Why would you trim it to make the die perfectly off center on the blank?


37 posted on 07/13/2022 9:05:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: Red Badger

Theyre gold.


38 posted on 07/13/2022 9:05:21 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

There is an 80 acre field adjoining our property. 40 years ago it got plowed by a local farmer once a year for corn and was full of arrowheads and large potsherds.

Around 20 years ago a commercial grower operation bought it and has heavily worked the ground plowing, harrowing, grading and moving soil around. Now all you can find are small broken bits of arrowheads and tiny potsherds.


39 posted on 07/13/2022 9:06:07 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
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To: irishjuggler

Not all especially ancient are “hoarding”. More likely just dropped and missed.


40 posted on 07/13/2022 9:06:18 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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