The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 12, March 21, 2004, Article 9

4TH CENTURY ROMAN COINS FIND

  Arthur Shippee forwarded the following link from
  Explorator, the newsletter on ancient history:

  "A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman
  coins as he dug a new fishpond in his back garden.

  Experts say the money may date from the 4th Century
  and could be the biggest find of its kind in Britain.

  The coins were crammed into a ceramic pot which broke
  up as it was dug out of the ground at Thornbury, South
  Gloucestershire."

  "Mr. Allen said: "It was a great surprise and at first I
  didn't realise what we had found.

  "The pot was perfectly upright; I can't believe that this
  discovery was only 20ft from our house."

  Kurt Adams, the Finds Liaison Officer for Gloucestershire
  and Avon, said: "The coins identified so far can be
  attributed to Constantine the Great."

  To read the full article (with illustrations): Full article

  The home page of The Explorator is: The Explorator

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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