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Anglo-Saxons plagiarized a Roman coin — and it's full of typos
An unusual piece of Anglo-Saxon jewelry — a plagiarized ... Related: Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island may have been hidden during ancient pirate attack The Anglo-Saxons ...
A Man Spent 6 Years Searching the Same Farm—and Finally Discovered a 1,900-Year-Old Roman Treasure
A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The ...
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This Mysterious Gold Pendant Featuring a Misspelled Inscription Is an Early Medieval Imitation of a Roman Coin
It was designed to look like a Roman coin—called a ... Typically, coins are considered treasures when they are at least 30 ...
2,000-year-old Roman ring, dagger found buried under ruins in Germany. See them
In northwest Germany, near the site of the 1,600-year-old Roman military camp Anreppen, archaeologists discovered evidence of ...
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Rare Roman coin of Emperor Vitellius sells for £4,700
A rare 2,000-year-old Roman coin discovered by a 76-year-old farmer has been sold at auction for £4,700. Ron Walters, from Kingswinford, unearthed the gold coin depicting Emperor Aulus Vitellius ...
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Archaeologists discover 1,700-year-old Roman settlement in Bulgaria Linked to Emperor Decius
“Analysis revealed a single-layer settlement dating from the late Roman period, ending abruptly with a fire dated no earlier than 347 CE based on coin evidence,” wrote the authors of the ...