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Anglo-Saxons plagiarized a Roman coin — and it's full of typos
The piece of jewelry copies the imagery and inscriptions found on coins from the time of emperor Honorius, ruler of the Western Roman Empire from A.D. 393 to 423. The obverse shows a bust of ...
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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Hoard of silver Roman coins found in UK — and some date to reign of Marcus Aurelius
Metal detectorists in the east of England have discovered a cache of Roman silver coins that depict several emperors and even ...
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Rare Roman coin found by grandad sells for nearly £5,000
An 1,955-year-old gold Roman coin has been sold for thousands of pounds at auction. It was unearthed by 76-year-old grandfather Ron Walters, in Dudley in the West Midlands. He finally struck gold ...