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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2408431, member: 25357&quot;]Here&#039;s a link to the same story in English.&nbsp; US media&#039;s gotten ahold of the story now.</p><p><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/600-kilos-of-roman-coins-discovered-in-spanish-town/ar-BBsoPPr?li=BBnb7Kz&amp;ocid=UE07DHP" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/600-kilos-of-roman-coins-discovered-in-spanish-town/ar-BBsoPPr?li=BBnb7Kz&amp;ocid=UE07DHP" rel="nofollow">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/600-kilos-of-roman-coins-discovered-in-spanish-town/ar-BBsoPPr?li=BBnb7Kz&amp;ocid=UE07DHP</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a brief excerpt on the type and quality of the coins found:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The coins are stamped with the inscriptions of emperors Maximian and Constantine, and they appeared not to have been in circulation as they show little evidence of wear and tear.</p><p>It is thought they were intended pay the army or civil servants.</p><p>&quot;The majority were newly minted and some of them probably were bathed in silver, not just bronze,&quot; said Navarro.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is; when a hoard of this size is found, how much of it eventually makes it out into the ancient coin market?&nbsp; 1300 lbs is a lot of coins.&nbsp; Sounds like they are mostly LRBs.&nbsp; Does this mean LRB are set to become even less expensive than they already are?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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