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Over 30,000 ancient coins found underwater off Italy in "exceptional" condition — possibly from a 4th-century shipwreck
CBS ^
| November 6, 2023
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Posted on 11/06/2023 8:45:16 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:45:16 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:46:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe somebody needed them for a payphone.
“Your time is up. Please deposit 10,000 more coins.”
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:47:24 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Red Badger.
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:47:28 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:50:44 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Another ‘tragic boating accident’................
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:52:43 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
What do you think happened? Seems to small to be a Treasury shipment to pay Legionnaires. Maybe shipping coins to a remote outpost on the Med or further away? Maybe somebody transporting his own personal wealth?
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:54:41 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: SunkenCiv
A picture made available by the Italian Culture Minister showing some of the discovered ancient bronze coins.
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:55:19 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Larry Lucido
here’s hoping the call wasn’t completed as dialed and he gets his 10,000 coins back.
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posted on
11/06/2023 8:55:45 AM PST
by
Qwapisking
("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
To: Red Badger
Do i see a Canadian quarter?
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:00:12 AM PST
by
MrHead
(Time's up, it's every man for himself.)
To: SunkenCiv
> Italy’s culture ministry said Saturday that the diver alerted authorities… <
That might turn out to be a mistake. I wonder how much the diver will be allowed to keep. All of it? Half of it? Or will he just get a nice certificate of appreciation?
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:04:02 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Kaboomed into a rock, most likely. Generally, the risk is greater the nearer one is to land.
It would be nice to see what other cargo was aboard. A pile of coins that big suggests it was a big ‘un, maybe one of the Roman grain haulers. THAT would be excellent.
Lionel Casson wrote that travelers in the know back then, if on a long Mediterranean journey, would pay for their passage aboard one of those. They were much more roomy, offered more privacy, and were much safer as well.
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:04:41 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Larry Lucido
That’s why making a call in a Roman-era chinese restaurant was just as much of a pain as it was in the 1990s.
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:05:40 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: MrHead
Those dang sneaky Canadians!............
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:07:51 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
I hope the diver kept a couple hand fulls for himself
To: SunkenCiv
50,000 coins from Constantine?
He did pay off many of his enemies and still tried to keep the peace with the Roman pope.
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:11:48 AM PST
by
texas booster
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To: Qwapisking
The article does not seem to say if the finder is entitled to anything.
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posted on
11/06/2023 9:25:36 AM PST
by
Revel
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/06/2023 10:43:49 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: SunkenCiv
“Roman grain haulers.”
So that might have been payment for a delivered load of grain?
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posted on
11/06/2023 10:58:10 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Well, maybe, but based on the weight of the coins alone, it must have been quite a ship.
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posted on
11/07/2023 7:07:05 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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