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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: bk1000

How do you know they didn’t keep their mouths shut.
Maybe they really found 111 coins.


41 posted on 07/13/2022 9:06:55 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Romulus

no one ever buries Bitcoin for safe keeping.....


42 posted on 07/13/2022 9:07:00 AM PDT by wny
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To: Red Badger

I worked for a guy who had a large grindstone and grinding plate. He found the plate part in a creek and looked around a bit more and found the matching grinder part.


43 posted on 07/13/2022 9:08:06 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
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To: wny

It becomes buried forever when the accidentally lose their wallet password.


44 posted on 07/13/2022 9:08:54 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
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To: Red Badger

I always laugh at archaeologists who get all upset at people who keep found arrowheads and such. I tell them that if I find out who owned those things, of course I’ll return them. Until then, finders keepers, and if you want to study artifacts, get out there and find them yourself.

I don’t, however, approve of dealer types who will mine an entire site just to sell the stuff. If that’s inconsistent, too bad.


45 posted on 07/13/2022 9:09:10 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: bk1000

This was actually 5 years ago. Which is always my complaint about this “news”.


46 posted on 07/13/2022 9:09:56 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

It is so unexpected when a show humanizes the characters to the point you would love to meet them. Detectorists not only did that, but made me appreciate 2-3 season British TV even more by telling a story that involved multiple interesting characters with their own unique quirks. While I wish it would have continued, I’m glad it ended and left me wanting more. There are too many shows in the U.S. which are pure crap that I wish had ended after one or two seasons, but they keep it plugging along year after year for some reason.


47 posted on 07/13/2022 9:10:18 AM PDT by roostercashews (Having a gun doesn't make you safe, but knowing how to use one does.)
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To: Red Badger

My dad found gobs of arrowheads all over west texas on our/our relatives ranches in the 30-50’s including a lot of really old and rare stuff and I’ve managed to keep up with most of it.


48 posted on 07/13/2022 9:11:08 AM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Frankly I despise the “you MUST hand over any little scrap of artifact from a battle site”, or anything found on “federal” land including paleontological fossils.


49 posted on 07/13/2022 9:12:44 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: packagingguy; Red Badger; SunkenCiv
This guy discovered the answer!

Q: Why are so many ancients so far off center?

A: Because they knew that one day, thousands of years later, there would be collectors who cared about such things and they wanted to annoy them.

Why are so many ancients so far off center?

50 posted on 07/13/2022 9:14:18 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: Diana in Wisconsin

Exactly what I was thinking as I read this! Outstanding series.


51 posted on 07/13/2022 9:18:56 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: packagingguy

Beveled? How are our coins beveled?

Reeded - but not all of them. The precise manufacturing process DOES give them sharp corners.


52 posted on 07/13/2022 9:19:55 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: Manuel OKelley

Better check the value!
You may have a valuable treasure!........................


53 posted on 07/13/2022 9:21:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: irishjuggler

Maybe it’s repatriation of wealth found in the tunnels under the Vatican, from when the Vatican went dark and soldiers entered, Jan 10 2021.


54 posted on 07/13/2022 9:23:30 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: irishjuggler

“Whenever I see one of these stories about a cache of coins turning up after 1500, 1800, 2000 years, whatever, I wonder, “How did that happen?”


I was in the hobby for a few years, and in one case, a friend found a gallon jar half-filled with indian head pennies. It was on an old homesite so it was assumed to be someone’s money from eggs and milk sales. It was less than $5 in cash, but some of the pennies were rare. Why was it left behind? We’ll never know, but since it was probably accessed regularly it wasn’t lost.

At one schoolyard I found over $10 in quarters, all in one grassy 10 x 10 spot. I figured it was where a ticket booth or refreshment stand was set up, year after year.

One guy I know found a gold bridge, quite elaborate, in the middle of a field. We figured the farmer took it out (probably to put in a chew of tobacco), meant to stick it in his pocket and missed.

I figure these caches from Roman England are lost savings, perhaps even something hidden from the tax man, and not something hastily buried while fleeing. Because, unless I’ve got more gold than I can carry, I’m taking it with me!


55 posted on 07/13/2022 9:24:07 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: irishjuggler

56 posted on 07/13/2022 9:24:33 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Travis McGee; Red Badger
"To melt these for their bullion value would be criminally stupid.


57 posted on 07/13/2022 9:29:27 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: the OlLine Rebel

One of the least useful facts I somehow remember is that a quarter has 119 reeds around its edge, while a dime has 118. I don’t know about half dollars or the various dollar coins, and I’m not going to count them.


58 posted on 07/13/2022 9:29:43 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Joe 6-pack

That is EXACTLY what a AC guy said about our HVAC system last month!.................


59 posted on 07/13/2022 9:32:08 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

So it was a high capacity hoard then.


60 posted on 07/13/2022 9:32:43 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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