ROMAN IMPERIAL GOLD HOARD FOUND IN ITALY

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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 37, September 16, 2018, Article 25

ROMAN IMPERIAL GOLD HOARD FOUND IN ITALY

I guess I missed a chance to scoop a big numismatic story. Last Sunday Larry Dziubek forwarded a story written in Italian about a cache of gold coins found while renovating a theater in Italy. I was running behind and decided to wait for an English version. I don't like to highlight stories if they don't provide some numismatic details. Well, this story ended up spreading like wildfire once it got into the media in English. Several alert readers forwarded the story to me throughout the week. Here are links and an excerpt from one of them. -Editor

Hundreds of gold coins dating from Rome's late Imperial era, the 4th or 5th century, were found Friday at a dig in Como, Italy, according to the Italian Ministry of Culture.

The ministry shared photos of the shiny coins, which were spilling out of an amphora -- a Roman jar with two handles -- buried in the dirt.

The discovery was made at a dig taking place at Teatro Cressoni, a theater in Como that shut down in 1997 and has since been demolished. The Ministry of Culture said the excavation was being carried out within the "restructuring" of the theater.

It's unclear how much the hundreds of coins could be worth.

Como is in northern Italy, on the border with Switzerland, and about an hour north of Milan and a four-hour train ride from Rome.

To read the complete article, see:
Hundreds of gold coins dating to Rome's Imperial era found in Italy (https://abcnews.go.com/International/hundreds-gold-coins-dating-romes-imperial-era-found/story?id=57720521)

Thanks to readers Anne E. Bentley, Jim Contursi, Larry Dziubek, Gosia Fort, David Gladfelter, John Lupia, Leon Saryan, Arthur Shippee and David Sundman.

Here are links to other versions of the story, in no particular order. -Editor

Caesar’s gift: Hoard of shiny Roman coins discovered in Italy (https://www.rt.com/news/438014-italy-roman-gold-discovery/)
In mint condition! Millions of pounds-worth of pristine 5th-century gold coins are found buried in a pot under Italian theatre (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6148791/In-mint-condition-Huge-cache-pristine-5th-century-gold-coins-found.html)
Roman gold coins discovered in Italian theatre (https://www.france24.com/en/20180908-roman-gold-coins-discovered-italian-theatre)
Roman Gold COins Discovered in Italian Theatre (https://www.thelocal.it/20180909/roman-gold-coins-discovered-in-italian-theatre)
Roman gold coins discovered in Italian theatre (http://www.msn.com/en-xl/europe/europe-top-stories/roman-gold-coins-discovered-in-italian-theatre/ar-BBN5AzW?ocid=se)
Hundreds of rare gold coins discovered beneath Italian theater (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/11/hundreds-of-rare-gold-coins-discovered-beneath-italian-theater.html)
Italian labourers uncover hundreds of Roman gold coins in cinema basement (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italian-labourers-uncover-hundreds-of-roman-gold-coins-in-cinema-basement-v0sxlx03q)
Hundreds Of Roman Gold Coins Found In Theater Basement (https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/646445359/hundreds-of-roman-gold-coins-found-in-theater-basement)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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