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HUGE ROMAN COIN HOARD UNCOVERED IN SPAIN
The biggest numismatic news hitting the workd this week was the discovery in Spain of a huge Roman coin hoard. In sorting thru my email I
believe Georges Depeyrot of Paris was the first to forward me an article. Below are some selected images and text. -Editor
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Robert Hoge forwarded an article and video (in Spanish). -Editor
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Alan Luedeking forwarded this first English-language story I saw on the hoard - here's an excerpt from the BBC News report.
-Editor
Construction workers laying pipes in a park in southern Spain have unearthed a 600kg trove of Roman coins. The bronze coins dating from the late 4th Century were found inside 19 Roman amphoras, a type of jar. They bear images of the emperors Constantine and Maximian and it is thought they may have been used to pay soldiers or civil servants. The Director of the Seville Archaeological Museum Ana Navarro said the discovery had incalculable value. "It is a unique collection and there are very few similar cases," she said. "I could not give you an economic value, because the value they really have is historical and you can't calculate that." Work on the pipes, in the town of Tomares, has been suspended while an archaeological survey is carried out. The Romans began to conquer Spain in 218 BC, ruling until the 5th Century. To read the complete article, see:
Thanks also to Katie de Silva, Don Cleveland, Dick Hanscom, John Lupia, Philip Mernick, and David Sundman. -Editor
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