Posted on 11/19/2021 10:51:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
More than 5,500 silver coins buried by a river about 1,800 years ago are now in the hands of archaeologists, following the hoard's discovery in Augsburg, Germany.
At the time of the coins' burial, the Roman Empire was in full swing, with its coinage reaching all corners of its territory and beyond.
These coins "are denarii, the standard silver denomination during the 1st-early 3rd century [A.D.]," Stefan Krmnicek, a professor of ancient numismatics (the study of coins) at the University of Tübingen in Germany, told Live Science in an email.
Archaeologists found the hoard earlier this year in an old riverbed. But though the coins were scattered in the newly dug pit, that likely wasn't how they were originally placed. "The place of hiding was probably washed away many centuries later by a flood of the Wertach river, scattering the coins in the river gravel," Krmnicek said.
"We have just started cleaning and studying the material," but so far, it appears that "the youngest coin of the hoard was minted at the beginning of the 3rd century [A.D.], thus dating the deposition of the hoard in the early 3rd century," Krmnicek said. "We currently hypothesize that the hoard was buried in the early 3rd century outside the Roman city of Augusta Vindelicum, near the Via Claudia Augusta [a Roman road] running there."
At that time, Augusta Vindelicum was the capital of the Roman province of Raetia, Krmnicek said. Why the hoard was buried is an ongoing mystery that researchers are trying to solve.
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Unless Ceasar’s image is on these coins, they are fakes. I have that on high authority... :)
“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.
That’s a lot of “whole life” stories.
“There’s no pleasing some people.”
Heh
👍😃
There was.
Environmentalists savaged it, fairly razing it to the ground.
A short while later, an enterprising developer came along, and now it’s a teeming Vancouver suburb known as Minivancouver.
“Quinctilius Varus, give me back my denarii!” Said Octavian - never!
This is all well and good, but Apmex is selling Baby Yoda coins on Monday. Way more important ;)
Looks like a stash of quarters!
Yep. Lose/Lose for the paymaster: “By Jupiter, I swear! It was right HERE!”
It hasn’t. Silver is a commodity and fluctuates as does any commodity.
:^)
AKA the Losercouver...
The barbarian horde arrived on casino night at the barracks.
“Caesar! Who made the salad?”
By the time it was sacked by the Huns in the 5th c AD, the city was older than most people in the US are living in.
[snip] The city of Augsburg was founded in 15 BC on the orders of Emperor Augustus. Emperor Augustus conducted extensive military campaigns and established administrative settlements. The settlement that became Augsburg was known as Augusta Vindelicorum, meaning “the Augustan city of the Vindelici”. The settlement was established at the convergence of the Alpine rivers Lech and Wertach. In 120 AD Augsburg became the administrative capital of the Roman province Raetia. Augsburg was sacked by the Huns in the 5th century AD, by Charlemagne in the 8th century, and by Welf I, Duke of Bavaria in the 11th century. [/snip]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg#Early_history
:^)
Why the disparity? Why would an ounce of silver have such a different value just because of where it was minted?
The US 1oz coin has a marked face value of 1 dollar.
The Canadian 1oz coin has a marked face value of 5 dollars Canadian.
The Canadian also has a lower premium above spot than the US coin.
OK, that makes sense. Thanks.
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