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The Brescello Hoard – the largest and most valuable hoard of Roman coins ever found
Ancient Coins (blogspot) ^ | September 4, 2018 | Posted by Dario

Posted on 06/09/2021 6:09:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 06/09/2021 6:09:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
I tried to watch a YT vid about the six largest Roman treasures ever found, it was horrible, but it may result in a few more topics, so...

2 posted on 06/09/2021 6:11:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

>>The treasure was composed entirely of only 32 varieties of types coined between the years 46 and 38 BC, so it is quite safe to assume that it was buried in 38 or 37 BC.

He was worried about the looming Year Zero breaking everyone’s abacus.


3 posted on 06/09/2021 6:11:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I once found a 1940 penny while digging in the strawberry patch in my back yard. But never 80,000 gold coins.


4 posted on 06/09/2021 6:13:11 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Rebelbase
You knew this was coming.


5 posted on 06/09/2021 6:13:32 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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(this is the video mentioned above)
The 6 Most Valuable Roman Treasures Ever Discovered | April 20, 2021 | toldinstone
The 6 Most Valuable Roman Treasures Ever Discovered | April 20, 2021 | toldinstone



6 posted on 06/09/2021 6:13:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Larry Lucido

yer gonna piss off higenmiester...


7 posted on 06/09/2021 6:14:54 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: SunkenCiv

8 posted on 06/09/2021 6:16:12 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Larry Lucido
The Cal Zone -- a sandwich place run by a guy named Cal -- is just another great idea.

9 posted on 06/09/2021 6:17:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: a fool in paradise

He was worried about the looming Year Zero breaking everyone’s abacus.>>>
that is funny


10 posted on 06/09/2021 6:19:21 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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There’s been a few topics about the Hoxna hoard, I’m pretty sure. Here are links for the other four, for me, for later.

https://www.google.com/search?q=1628+trier+silver+hoard
https://www.google.com/search?q=boscoreale+hoard
https://www.google.com/search?q=trier+gold+hoard
https://visitworldheritage.com/en/eu/the-trier-gold-hoard/6fccf983-d303-448d-a022-1ca45d254a50
https://www.google.com/search?q=reka+devnia+hoard


11 posted on 06/09/2021 6:21:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Oh, okay, no hits on Hoxna on FR.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/search-lost-hammer-led-largest-cache-roman-treasure-ever-found-britain-180967263/


12 posted on 06/09/2021 6:22:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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[end of old joke]

Bank manager: “My, that’s quite a sum to open an account. Did you hoard all that money by yourself?”

Customer: “No, my sister hoard half of it.”


13 posted on 06/09/2021 6:23:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: mylife

Yeah, that’s the other graphic. Marcus V. Agrippa, Augustus’ best friend and bacon-saver.


14 posted on 06/09/2021 6:25:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Wheat pennies were fairly common when I was a kid. Now I’m lucky to find one in a year.


15 posted on 06/09/2021 6:26:12 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

That’s because most people hoard them.


16 posted on 06/09/2021 6:27:11 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL!


17 posted on 06/09/2021 6:29:41 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: SunkenCiv

BTTT!!!


18 posted on 06/09/2021 6:30:03 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Now that’s funny.


19 posted on 06/09/2021 6:31:13 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Cleopatra’s trousseau?


20 posted on 06/09/2021 6:37:50 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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