COIN FOUND AT ROMAN BATHHOUSE

A Roman silver coin more than 2,100 years old has been discovered during a dig near an ancient bathhouse.

Some 2,000 items - including pottery, weapons, coins and semi-precious stones - have been found at the Carlisle Cricket Club site since 2021.

Now the team, made up of archaeologists and volunteers, has discovered a coin that is about 150 years older than anything they have previously found there.

The dig's lead archaeologist Frank Giecco said it was one of the oldest coins ever discovered in Cumbria.

This particular coin, known as a denarius, was minted in Rome in 82BC and predates the rule of Julius Caesar, Mr Giecco said.

On one side it depicts Ulysses walking his dog Argos as described in Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, and the head of the god Mercury on the other.

The coin is far older than anything else the team has found on the site and was minted about 150 years before the Romans arrived in Carlisle.

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