Farmer Finds Roman Treasure Trove Scattered Across Field [Poland]

Science in Poland ^ | 1 April 2020 | Szymon Zdzieblowski

[Eagles6]

Just got a 1929 buffalo nickel a couple months ago for change!

[aquila48]

Not bad! Right up your alley!

[Afterguard]

Yup. The Vandals took the handle.

[Fresh Wind]

The Goths were worse.

[Tunehead54]

I’ve got a 4 bill, uncut sheet of $2 bills from the treasury from 1980. Somewhere. ;-) Worth anything?

[Tunehead54]

Yeah, I know. 8 bucks for sure. ;-)

[poconopundit]

SunkenCiv -- Among the discovered coins I heard has a portrait of a hitherto unknown Roman Emperor, Triumphius Maximus... Another coin -- in remarkable condition -- was found of his wife.  This coin suggests that stiletto high heels were fashionable in the rein of Emperor Triumphius.

[treetopsandroofs]

Hmm, thanks, I’ll have to check, think I know where it is. For some reason, ‘29 stuck in my head. 35 years ago I was using it to play Quarters, enjoyed the distinctive sound.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Are you related to Joe Biden?

[SunkenCiv]

Triumphius Maximus Derangement Syndrome was the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed.

[Rebelbase]

"Anyone can find coins in a farm field. All you do is drag a plow around and the coins pop up out of the ground."

[SunkenCiv]

On occasion I see a worn nickel from the 1940s and keep it around for a while. When I was a kid silver dimes used to pop up in circulation, and my folks saved silver dollars that passed into their hands as a savings cache to buy stuff our family lacked (we wuz poor).

If I had the wherewithall, I'd probably have a small collection of ancient coins, like any of the pre-Roman medusa head silver coins from around the Mediterranean, or rare oddities, like one of the dozen or so Sejanus coins known to have survived his damnatio memoriae.

[SunkenCiv]

Somewhere around here there's a ceramic (? my memory isn't what it used to be) 'piggy' bank that obviously has coins in, and I was told had belonged to the grandmother of mine I never got to meet. I carefully worked the coins out through the slot and was struck by, number one, the wild variety (the one that I recall offhand was some early 19th c king of somewhere in Europe, obviously I don't recall that much) and the complete lack of condition of the coins. Grandma's family had a business, I'm guessing these were oddball coins that came in trade.

[SunkenCiv]

for later:

• Ancient Coins in the Americas?
• Pre-Columbian Old World Coins in America [PDF]

[SunkenCiv]

That explains why everyone is dying to be a farmer. ;^)

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[SunkenCiv]

The farmer works for Maggie.

[dfwgator]

Now I’m a Farmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maT0wn6dQd0

[SunkenCiv]

I'm a Farner, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[SunkenCiv]

Worse yet were the Visigoths, but at least you could see 'em comin'. The Invisigoths were the worst of all.