Sometime later a hoard of around 30,000 of them was discovered and the price dropped to around $800 and today I think it's close to $900.
As was typical back then, the body was cremated, so there was no Julius Caesar burial per se. . The cremation was held in the Roman Forum. A funeral pyre was erected, and Marc Anthony led the proceedings. As he was cremated there is no tomb as such. People continue to leave flowers and other trinkets on the cremation site beside the ruins of the Temple of Caesar. -- Julius Caesar -- cremation site
My son has come clipped pieces of eight, chop marked Chinese coins and a few old silvers with holes drilled through them.
He also has an ancient Greek coin that is dated around 400 BC. Blows my mind thinking about how many transactions that thing went through and who was trading it and what they were buying.
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Didn’t watch the video, but as I understand it, the theory is that the coin has a hole because it was worn as a pendant at some point. Definitely a rare one as Brutus & company were only minting them for a few months before Octavian came in and ordered the coins recalled and melted down.
Very interesting and informative video. Thanks.
Sometime later a hoard of around 30,000 of them was discovered and the price dropped to around $800 and today I think it's close to $900.
Do we have any other metal detectorists here? I’m loving my new XP Deus II, but I haven’t found any gold coins just yet. I love these type of stories.