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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bdunnse, post: 2432928, member: 57317&quot;]On a recent trip to Wales and England, I had a chance to check out the city of Bath and did a quick tour of the Roman Baths.</p><p><br /></p><p>An inviting soup of tepid green water...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505753[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At the bottom of the Sacred Spring they found over 12,000 coins from the Roman period (<font size="4"><i><a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9099112&amp;fileId=S1047759400011302" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9099112&amp;fileId=S1047759400011302" rel="nofollow">http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9099112&amp;fileId=S1047759400011302</a></i></font>). Even back then people tossed coins in the well/fountain/bathtub?! Some coins predate the Roman&#039;s presence in Bath...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505761[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A summary of coins found in the Sacred Spring...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505759[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a clearer version on the web (thanks to those whose image I borrowed!)... </p><p>[ATTACH=full]505760[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Near the site of the Roman Baths, they discovered a huge hoard of roman coins dubbed the Beau Street Hoard (<font size="4"><i><a href="http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/beau-street-hoard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/beau-street-hoard" rel="nofollow">http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/beau-street-hoard</a></i></font>)... </p><p>[ATTACH=full]505763[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505762[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505764[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505765[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505766[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thought I&#039;d share. Enjoy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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