The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 20, May 15, 2005, Article 18

ANOTHER ROMAN COIN HOARD FOUND

Forwarding an article discussed in The Explorator newsletter,
Arthur Shipee writes: "Another Roman coin hoard has been
found by some UK metal detectorists:

"For nearly 2,000 years a treasure trove of Roman coins
lay hidden just below the surface of an Ipswich field.

But today around 1,000 coins are being examined at the British
Museum after being unearthed by two metal detecting enthusiasts.

After Suffolk had thundered to the sound of the Roman legions,
the coins lay undisturbed through two world wars, invasions of
the Saxons and Vikings and the reigns of numerous kings and
queens.

And all it took to unearth them was two men from Chantry
with a metal detector.

Rick Talman and Chris Roper could not believe their eyes
when they uncovered more than one thousand of the bronze
and silver coins in a field just outside the town."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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