Posted on 01/24/2008 3:14:29 PM PST by blam
Gold coins show ‘Emperor of Britain’
January 24, 2008
Dalya Alberge
Two “extremely important” gold coins that shed light on a little-known rebel Roman emperor from the 3rd century AD have been unearthed by a farmer in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire area. They relate to the Roman commander Carausius, who declared himself Emperor of Britain around 286 or 287 after the Emperor in Rome ordered his execution. He was overthrown in a coup d’état by his finance minister, Allectus, in 293.
The coins were handed in to the Portable Antiquities Scheme and moved to the British Museum. The scheme is facing a freeze in funding, despite recording more than 314,000 discoveries that have revealed many new archaeological sites. The farmer’s identity is not being revealed because archaeologists are to explore the site
GGG Ping.
Wow!
I wondered where I lost those coins. I should go collect them up.
Soon to be followed by a freeze in finds.
...followed by global warming?
I'd bet on England being under a mile of ice before we have global warming.
I’m an heir with my hand out.
You owe me restitution since those Romans enslaved my ancestors!
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Rosemary Sutcliff wrote a series of novels about late Roman and early post-Roman Britain, and one of them has Carausius as a character, probably “The Silver Branch”. They are mostly written for younger readers, but I enjoyed them when I read them (I was a younger reader at that time, 30+ years ago).
Roman Britons After 410
British Archaeology | 12-2002 | Martin Henig
Posted on 12/21/2002 9:58:05 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/810632/posts
http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_sutcliff_romanbritain.html
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/sutcliff.htm
B.S. I’m a Viking. I’m sure it’s MY money. Touch it and your tree business goes down. LOL!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=romanempire
[just in case you’d doubted that FR has a topic about pretty much anything]
Carausius
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Updated: 28 October 1996 | Michael DiMaio, Jr.
Posted on 02/05/2006 9:21:30 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1572477/posts
Rare Coin Find Stuns Historians
Ananova | 2-25-2004
Posted on 02/24/2004 8:12:49 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1084790/posts
Rare coin find stuns historians [oops!]
Ananova | 2004 | editors
Posted on 07/20/2004 2:51:39 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1174622/posts
Find Of Roman Coins Shows Ancient Britons In A New Light
The Telegraph (UK) | 2-26-2007
Posted on 02/25/2007 9:07:08 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791138/posts
UK: Unearthed Coin Proof of 4 day Roman emperor
(”Domitianus”, 271AD, penultimate emperor)
BBC On-Line | Wednesday, 25 February, 2004 | staff writer
Posted on 02/25/2004 6:25:29 AM PST by yankeedame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085124/posts
UK: While digging in backyard man unearths hoard of 20,000 Roman coins.
BBC On-Line | Thursday, 11 March, 2004 | staff writer
Posted on 03/11/2004 12:12:07 PM EST by yankeedame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095503/posts
Roman treasure found in pond dig: A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman coins...
BBC News | 3.11.04
Posted on 03/11/2004 9:24:10 PM EST by ambrose
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095874/posts
Lost Roman Emperor Gets Centre Stage At Ashmolean Museum
24 Hour Museum | March 31, 2005 | Zoe Adjonyoh
Posted on 03/31/2005 5:18:13 PM EST by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374915/posts
Ancient gold hoard found in Midlands
The Independent | April 8, 2003 | David Keys Archaeology Correspondent
Posted on 04/08/2003 8:38:59 PM PDT by Cicero
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888585/posts
Keeping Up With The Empire (Romans In Netherlands)
Radio Nederland | 5-24-2004 | Thijs Westerbeek
Posted on 05/25/2004 2:32:54 PM PDT by blam
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1142095/posts
Ancient coin worth a pretty penny
CNN | Thursday, October 7, 2004 | Spinks
Posted on 03/22/2005 2:34:22 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1367727/posts
[and, a barely related oldie]
Archaeologist believes Jesus was a stone mason
Source: Birmingham News
Published: 08/22/01 Author: 08/22/01
Posted on 08/23/2001 02:24:11 PDT by 2Trievers
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b84cbbb5d2a.htm
A safer bet would have England being under Sharia Law before we have global warming.
also... just in case you doubted that SunkenCiv has the biggest set of FR links this side of Alamo Girl ... :-)
Most of the Roman troops from that area and time were Germans.
The finance minister must have been a real piece of work if he struck the new coin for his master and then overthrew him in such a short time.
Makes me wonder if this guy was the same as Domitianus who only made it through a 4 day reign about the same time. see your link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085124/posts
Sometimes they’d take new names upon “accession”
I though of that guy too when I saw this article.
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