[BGHater]

"The coins date back to the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius who ruled from AD 610 to 641."

[BGHater]

ping.

[rabscuttle385]

*Ping!*

[Travis McGee]

Wow! Those suckers are going to go for a lot more than the spot price! (847/0z today)

[houeto]

Wish they had a close-up of the coins.

[patton]

I hade it when I hide cash, and forget where I hid it.

[Fiji Hill]

The Roman emperor Flavius Heraclius was the first Christian ruler to confront the Muslims, but his generals failed him. They lost the Battle of the Yarmuk in 636, which resulted in the loss of Jerusalem the next year.

[pepsi_junkie]

"We've had pottery, we've had glass, but we've had nothing like this," said British archaeologist Nadine Ross, who found the hoard under a large rock on Sunday, in the fourth and final week of a trip to Israel. "It's very, very exciting," she said, cupping hands full of bright yellow coins that looked in mint condition.

Every time I hear an archaeologist on some special say how gold and gems are cool but they get way more excited to dig into a dung pit becaue that's where they'll find a thimble or button and that's the real treasure I chuckle. Those items are usually the more scientifically worthy but they can't expect me to believe they really wouldn't love to be the one to discover a great big golden idol or something!

[Uncle Miltie]

"The coins date back to the reign of the (Christian) Byzantine Emperor Heraclius who ruled from AD 610 to 641."

This is impossible because we all know the Muzzies have owned that patch of dirt forever.

< / historic revisionism>

[woollyone]

“On the obverse side they bear a likeness of the emperor wearing military garb...”

render unto emporer...

[mysterio]

Wow, neat find!

[STONEWALLS]

....about 20 years ago came across a stone spear point while I was out hunting....picking it up was like a jolt of electricty going thru my arm....I haven’t stopped collecting since and totally understand why some people spend their entire lives poking around for items of antiquity.

[SunkenCiv]

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[wildbill]

There’s gold in them thar tels.