Rare coin find stuns historians

Ananova ^ | 2004 | editors

[SunkenCiv]

A man with a metal detector has unearthed a Roman bronze coin so rare it bears the face of a mystery emperor who "ruled" Britain for a matter of days... It bears the face of Emperor Domitianus and is only the second coin ever found which bears the image of the self-proclaimed ruler of Britain and France in 271AD. A similar coin was found in France 100 years ago but until now its uniqueness had meant both Emperor Domitianus and the coin were dismissed as a hoax. Historians say the British discovery confirms the French find is genuine and Domitianus existed... The coin was among a pot of 5,000 all bearing the heads of emperors and stuck together, providing the perfect "timeline" for archaeologists.

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A tale about an ancient head. G'night all.

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[ValerieUSA]

Seems to me I already read about this discovery quite awhile ago.
The best I've ever found is a sticky 1972 quarter in my van's ashtray just when I needed one more quarter for the laundromat. A miracle!

[Fedora]

Something about this seems familiar to me, too. Wasn't there something a few months back on the G&G list about a Roman coin discovery in Britain? I just looked in my files but I don't seem to have copied that one; maybe somebody else remembers it.

[blam]

"Something about this seems familiar to me, too. Wasn't there something a few months back on the G&G list about a Roman coin discovery in Britain? I just looked in my files but I don't seem to have copied that one; maybe somebody else remembers it."

Yup. It was posted a least twice.

[null and void]

Yup. It was posted a least twice.

Source please?

*ducking* tee hee hee

[visualops]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095503/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095874/posts

[null and void]

LOL!

[visualops]

:)

[SunkenCiv]

additional article (dated yesterday) from Archaeology mag's website:

Finding a Lost Emperor in a Clay Pot
by Alexander Benenson
October 11, 2005
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/coin/index.html

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Rare Coin Find Stuns Historians
Ananova | 2-25-2004
Posted on 02/24/2004 8:12:49 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1084790/posts

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