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Silver coin dating to 211 BC is oldest piece of Roman money ever found in Britain
Daily Mail ^
| Friday, January 29th, 2010
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 02/02/2010 9:15:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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This 2,221-year-old coin dug up as part of a hoard is the oldest piece of Roman money ever found in Britain
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:15:36 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Damn, I just used my last one in a Coke machine!
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:17:31 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: SunkenCiv
Some Scot has been saving it all this time...
To: SunkenCiv
One wonders if they payed the finder accordingly being it was 10 years ago.
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:25:18 PM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a Mercury dime!
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:27:03 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:27:34 PM PST
by
A. Morgan
(The ONE is a BIG LIAR!)
To: SunkenCiv; mikrofon; martin_fierro
If you look closely—it’s a little faded—you can even see the inscription, “CCXI A.C.” (211 Ante Christum, “Before Christ”), thus proving its antiquity.
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:34:50 PM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(Veni, Vidi, Vicki: "I came, I saw, and I'm like, Omigod!")
To: Charles Henrickson
I see it!
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posted on
02/02/2010 9:39:02 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
The finder gets paid. The coin would be independently valued (and not of course just for its silver content, but for its extraordinary provenance.)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t care who you are that’s funny right there.
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posted on
02/02/2010 10:56:55 PM PST
by
BenKenobi
(;)
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posted on
02/02/2010 11:09:56 PM PST
by
AmericanArchConservative
(Armour on, Lances high, Swords out, Bows drawn, Shields front ... Eagles UP!)
To: SunkenCiv
I know where a treasure is located near Sardis, Turkey. Of course it is a hunch. Near Sardis is a temple. The temple is across the highway and down a dirt road. From the temple location you can rock formations, like cliffs. Had the hunch or feeling when I visited there in 1980. There is a treasure, in a tomb placed in those cliffs.
To: Charles Henrickson; SunkenCiv; martin_fierro
{From a faded scroll near the ‘stash’}
“AVRVM - NON NEQVAM VMQVAM EST”
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posted on
02/03/2010 9:08:28 AM PST
by
mikrofon
("For over MM Anni")
To: Inyo-Mono
That's clearly a fake.
The Romans never would have stamped "211 B.C." in Arabic numerals ;-)
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posted on
02/03/2010 9:11:00 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
The Romans never would have stamped "211 B.C." in Arabic numerals ;-) If it was stamped CCXI B.C. they might have pulled it off. ;>)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
And since it *was* ten years ago, the coin must really be from 221 BC! ;’)
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posted on
02/03/2010 3:18:26 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: Charles Henrickson
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posted on
02/03/2010 3:20:10 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/03/2010 3:21:53 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: bushpilot1
Generally ancient tombs had little in them due to the fact that they’d be looted. The so-called Treasury of Atreus — a spectacular example of Mycenaean corbelled dome — was more than likely built as a tomb and probably loaded with riches. There’s not even an old local tradition of how the place was raided, and literally nothing remains inside the thing, other than air. :’) The locals always find stuff and loot it for their own benefit (which, face it, most of us would too) and they’ve had centuries to do so. I’d like to think that there’s *something* around just waiting, but it’s not too likely. :’)
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posted on
02/03/2010 3:25:35 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: SunkenCiv
From article:
“The coin would have passed through many hands, he added.”
The find does NOT tell when it arrived in Britain, or who brought it.
It is often learned that trade and travel occurred earlier and of more distances.
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