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Roman treasure found in pond dig: A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman coins...
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| 3.11.04
Posted on 03/11/2004 6:24:10 PM PST by ambrose
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To: Burkeman1
Maybe he thought Rome was gonna take his spear away, and he was saving up to skip the country.
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posted on
03/11/2004 7:58:39 PM PST
by
Indrid Cold
(He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.)
To: Indrid Cold
The Romans did confiscate arms when they first conquered the Celtic Brit tribes. But they stashed them and made them in secret anyway and had more than enough when Boudica rouse up.
To: Axiom Nine; Flyer; humblegunner; Xenalyte
ping!
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posted on
03/11/2004 8:08:18 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Always finish what you st)
To: Gunslingr3
Once again, the Crown screws another serf. He is going to need a coroner after he finds out they intend to take all of his newly found treasure.
Ain't too hard to figure out why all those royal citizens sailed off to the American colonies, and they just keep on coming. And in return, we send them Madonna and Gwyneth. Don't you just love it?
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posted on
03/11/2004 8:08:50 PM PST
by
CdMGuy
To: Burkeman1
Was Rome's influence so weak that it's currency meant little and only those things that kept you alive mattered?Bingo! 4th Century Britain was the time of the first of the invasions of the the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Rome had withdrawn their legions from Britain, and the empire in rapid decline. Swords, more than coin reigned in Britain of the late 4th century, as it was the time of "Arthur", if such a personage ever existed (and he may well have been a composite of several strong leaders, slowing, but never succeeding in stemming the tide which turned Roman-Celtic Britain into Anglo-Saxon Britain)...
the infowarrior
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posted on
03/12/2004 2:28:39 AM PST
by
infowarrior
(TANSTAAFL)
To: blam
I read your link and I don't believe that the law is fair in many cases. I am glad that I am an American but of course that means that I will not find a treasure trove of Roman coins in my yard. :o)
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03/12/2004 2:48:07 PM PST
by
ruoflaw
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posted on
05/18/2005 11:35:23 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: ambrose
A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman coins as he dug a new fishpond in his back garden. This happens all the time in Britain. These'll be selling for $2 a piece in a year.
To: Gunslingr3
Even if "they" rule he can keep it, will "they" then tell him to pay the back taxes on it. Back taxes and penalties from the 4th century may be worth more to "them" than if "they" just took it.
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posted on
05/18/2005 12:02:25 PM PDT
by
fella
To: fella
Even if "they" rule he can keep it, will "they" then tell him to pay the back taxes on it. Back taxes and penalties from the 4th century may be worth more to "them" than if "they" just took it.Fair is only fair. He should be happy to pay the back taxes. Just make the check out to Emperor Constantine!
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posted on
05/18/2005 12:13:13 PM PDT
by
tarheelswamprat
(This tagline space for rent - cheap!)
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:03:10 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
To: Polybius
You can buy 'em by the hundreds on eBay Back in he 80' my friends grandfather would buy buckets of them, elctroplate gold onto them, attach them to gaudy, thick gold chains, and then sell them for exorbitant prices to the rapper wannabees.
To: ambrose
first it was a mistake to report it. his next mistake would be to hand the find over to "them" while custody is decided. if they decide agaisnt him, and he still had them, he should report "oops, I cant find them, I guess they're lost again"
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posted on
10/12/2005 9:56:39 AM PDT
by
isom35
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11/27/2009 7:08:09 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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