Construction workers unearth over half a tonne of Roman coins in Spain

UK Telegraph ^ | 29 April 2016 | Keely Lockhart

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• Construction workers unearth over half a tonne of Roman coins in Spain

  Workers laying pipes in a park in Seville have unearthed a 600-kilogram trove of Roman coins in what culture officials say is a unique historic discovery.

[Tax-chick]

That’s a lot of coins.

[butlerweave]

can’t see this story at this site ,all I see is a Blue and White banner complaining about Adblocker , LOL

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

for later

[RitchieAprile]

roman parking lot or Laundromat?

[going hot]

copper, silver or gold? a thousand pounds of the stuff!

[bgill]

I hid those there to keep them safe and now look what happened.

[BenLurkin]

coin collectors take note.

[Robert DeLong]

Perhaps this site will allow you to see their story about it

[Leaning Right]

Where the coins in a clay pot? If so, they're mine. I always kept my Roman coin collection in a clay pot, and I misplaced it last time I visited Seville on holiday.

So if the coins were in a clay pot, I'd appreciate it if the Spanish authorities would return them to me. And if they weren't in a pot, they probably just fell out of it, and the coins are mine anyway.

[mountn man]

I wonder if I can pay them face value for them???

[Hot Tabasco]

1000 lbs. of pesos wouldn’t be worth much......

[Resolute Conservative]

Is Harriet Tubman on the face?

[PGR88]

Major coin finds like these are nearly always from late Roman Empire - 3rd Century and beyond.

currency had been so debased by massive money printing, inflation, and devaluation, coins were not worth much. Also, they fact they were buried in the ground, and not used, indicates their low value and also the social chaos of the period.

It would probably the equivalent of 1500 years from now, someone finding a huge pile of Weimer Republic Marks.

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!...............

[iowamark]

[Red Badger]

Well, I’ve never been to Spain.
But I kinda like the music.............

[A CA Guy]

No, Republicans were not around yet.

[WKUHilltopper]

All I ever find is empty beer cans.

[smokingfrog]

They can’t be worth very much.