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Cache of Roman Coins Discovered in Poland
Archaeology Magazine ^ | July 31, 2024 | unattributed / editors

Posted on 08/02/2024 9:04:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Metal detectorists discovered a cache of ancient coins in a field in eastern Poland, according to a CBS News report. Three of the coins are Roman dinars minted between A.D. 138 and 161. These coins bear an image of the face of the emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned A.D. 138 and 161). Another silver dinar is imprinted with the face of his wife, Faustina the Younger, dated to A.D. 141. The face of the emperor Marcus Aurelius has been identified on another dinar dated to A.D. 174.

A piece of one coin, which also bears the face of Antoninus Pius and has been dated to between A.D. 146 and 152, had been cut away, perhaps during a trade transaction. A rare Roman dinar, twice the usual size, bears the face of the empress Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla, minted between A.D. 249 and 251. A quarter of this coin had also been cut off.

Some of the coins in the cache have been identified as counterfeits of Roman coins made by Germanic Visigoths. Several tools, metal artifacts, and pieces of pottery were also recovered. Researchers from the Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments are planning a further investigation of the area.

(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: antoninuspius; coins; epigraphyandlanguage; faustinatheyounger; godsgravesglyphs; herenniaetruscilla; marcusaurelius; poland; romanempire; visigoths
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Silver dinar of Antoninus Pius
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Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments

1 posted on 08/02/2024 9:04:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Silver dinar of Faustina the Younger (a.d. 141)
Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments
Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments

2 posted on 08/02/2024 9:04:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

3 posted on 08/02/2024 9:06:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Criminal hoard hiding his ill gotten booty.....................


4 posted on 08/02/2024 9:08:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m always amazed at the finds discovered around the world.

Do you suppose that wear on the coins was from usage? Or did they just degrade from being buried?


5 posted on 08/02/2024 9:09:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Both


6 posted on 08/02/2024 9:12:49 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: SunkenCiv
A rare Roman dinar, twice the usual size, bears the face of the empress Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla, minted between A.D. 249 and 251.

Darned inflation!

7 posted on 08/02/2024 9:13:17 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Empress Hernia...poor gal got a bad name from Mom & Dad.


8 posted on 08/02/2024 9:16:36 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

From the look of her name, she liked it long too.


9 posted on 08/02/2024 9:19:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Detectorists! +1


10 posted on 08/02/2024 9:20:20 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

It’s nice that they turned them in.


11 posted on 08/02/2024 9:21:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

one of my 50th great-grandmothers on my father’s side!!
Annia Galeria Faustina II
125–179
Birth 0125 • Italy

Death 0179 • Cappadocia, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy


12 posted on 08/02/2024 9:26:50 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is it required in Poland?

UK, yes.


13 posted on 08/02/2024 9:27:37 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: SunkenCiv

Aren’t Roman coins pretty worthless as artifacts?


14 posted on 08/02/2024 9:30:51 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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Empress Hernia...poor gal got a bad name from Mom & Dad.

You don't know the half of it. The back of her coins say "In God we truss..."

15 posted on 08/02/2024 10:05:23 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: HYPOCRACY

Yes, unless very rare. Someone on another thread a while back said coins like these go for $15-$20 on ebay and elsewhere, and he was right.


16 posted on 08/02/2024 10:10:15 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: fhayek

LOLOL...I am REALLY laughing out loud at that one! Well done.


17 posted on 08/02/2024 10:16:41 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: laplata

I remember that post. That’s what prompted me to ask. Thanks. Makes sense if they aren’t rare.


18 posted on 08/02/2024 10:34:50 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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..You don't know the half of it. The back of her coins say "In God we truss..."

Bada-bum.. Rimshot!

19 posted on 08/02/2024 11:11:40 AM PDT by China Clipper ( Animals? I love animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
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To: HYPOCRACY

You’re very welcome. It would be fun to have some but I wouldn’t pay much for them.


20 posted on 08/02/2024 12:28:35 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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