[BGHater]

‘In total the coins and the pot weigh in excess of 70 lbs. ‘

Lol. Insane.

[PGR88]

70 lbs of copper alloy coins? Sounds like some Roman/Anglo-Saxon shop-keeper’s spare penny jar.

Probably not worth much at the time - remember the Romans inflated their currency also!

[Verginius Rufus]

How long is someone a novice metal detector user before they take final vows?

[sr4402]

Does it sounds like the property owner has no rights and no compensation?

[KarlInOhio]

The coins are all bronze (copper alloy), and some of them have been silver washed.

The Imperial Reserve Board says they're just as good as 100% silver denarii.

[Lockbar]

Turn over everything to the government! Government is God, government is king! Here is a hot dog and a bubbly coca-cola, now go away treasure hunter boy.

[sr4402]

Wish there were some pictures of the Coins. Numismatics would love to see these.

[Snickering Hound]

Constans

Flavius Julius Constans (320-350) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 337 until his death. Constans was the third and youngest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, Constantine's second wife.

On 25 December 333 Constantine elevated Constans to Caesar.

In 337 he succeeded his father, jointly with his older brothers Constantine II and Constantius II, receiving Italy, Pannonia and Africa as his portion. Constantine II, who ruled over Gaul, Spain and Britain, attempted to take advantage of his youth and inexperience by invading Italy in 340, but Constans defeated Constantine at Aquileia, where the older brother died.

The invasion was the effect of brotherly tensions between the two emperors. Constantine II was, at first, Constans's guardian. As Constans grew older, Constantine II never relinquished that position.

In 341-2, Constans led a successful campaign against the Franks and in the early months of 343 visited Britain. The source for this visit, Julius Firmicus Maternus, does not give a reason for this but the quick movement and the danger involved in crossing the channel in the dangerous winter months, suggests it was in response to a military emergency of some kind, possibly to repel the Picts and Scots.

[BigCinBigD]

Wonder what I could get for those in a Coinstar machine?

[Young Werther]

Now the guy can fill his cache card and retire his wallet!

[rightwingextremist1776]

If that was me I’da kept my mouth shut and opened an ebay account.......several of them.

[SunkenCiv]

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[stayathomemom]

I must show this to my husband!