April 30, 2011 Collection of 1247 Roman coins
Categories: Minting - Numismatics , Treasures , Calendar , Nálezy nejenom s detektorem ve Velké Británii a Irsku
A depot of Roman coins was discovered by archaeologists ten years ago in Colchester, England. The treasure was located near the former barracks. Specifically, two pots, one of which contained 1247 coins.
The latest coin dates from the period between 251 and 271 AD. Philip Crummy of the Colchester Archaeological Trust said the finding could help experts explain how people cared about their money in Roman times. The coins were analyzed by staff at the British Museum, then headed for the museum in Colchester.
"The coins were probably put into the pot by the owner at once. The second pot was empty. Maybe the owner prepared it so that he could hide another part of his savings in it, "Crummy speculated.
In 1983, over six thousand similar coins were found in the same area. "Coins were probably buried by the owners during the riots and the civil war, so as not to lose their savings. Unfortunately, they probably couldn't come for them anymore. Today we have it easier when the banks are working. But in earlier times, people did not have such opportunities. So they buried the coins in their garden or in a nearby field, "said Crummy.
The latest treasure was coins from the reign of at least nine Roman emperors. There was also a silver coin in the depot, which was called an antoninian. It was minted at the beginning of the ninth century. In the end, however, it was devalued. It ended up as a copper alloy coin with a very thin silver surface. High inflation has reduced its monetary value, which is why later Antoninians occur relatively often in archaeological sites.
Two pots were found on a nine-hectare field. Bones of two Anglo-Saxon soldiers have been found there before dříve
Finds of old coins hidden in clay pots are not unique. In 2015, for example, a pair of friends discovered 91 silver Roman coins with a metal detector. This is during a walk in a field near the village of Wick in South Wales. The oldest coins found came from the reign of Marco Antonia. The coins were declared a treasure. "The site was about a mile away by another silver treasure found in Monknashi in 2000," said Edward Besly, numismatist at the National Museum in Wales.
We wrote about this treasure here: 91 silver
Sources: www.bbc.com, www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk
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