The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 32, August 8, 2004, Article 2

FINDER OF DOMITIANUS COIN AWAITS PAYMENT

  A U.K. newspaper reported on 29 July that "An amateur
  archaeologist is set to learn this week that his hobby has
  earned him a five-figure fortune.

  Brian Malin, of Cotswold Crescent, Chipping Norton,
  discovered a hoard of Roman coins on a farm south of
  Oxford with a metal detector in April 2003.

  An inquest in Oxford at the end of May this year ruled the find
  "treasure trove", meaning the coins must be sold to a museum
  or collector and the money given to the discoverer."

  "The official valuation of the 5,000 coins by experts hired by the
  Department of Culture, Media and Sport, will be posted to Mr
  Malin, who will split the value with the owner of the field where
  they were discovered, rusted together in a Roman pot.

  One coin is only one of two in existence and proves the identity
  of an obscure Roman emperor, Domitianus, who ruled the
  empire for just four days in the late 3rd century AD.

  The coins are still on display at the British Museum in London,
 where they have been since the end of February.

  After their evaluation it will join the Ashmolean Museum in
  Oxford in bidding for the collection.  Full Article

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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