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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2409305, member: 5682&quot;](Sorry for reposting this earlier post.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-finding-of-roman-bronze-coins-in-seville-hope-you-understand-some-spanish.277990/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-finding-of-roman-bronze-coins-in-seville-hope-you-understand-some-spanish.277990/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-finding-of-roman-bronze-coins-in-seville-hope-you-understand-some-spanish.277990/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Workers laying pipes in a southern Spanish park have unearthed a 1,300-pound trove of Roman coins in what culture officials say is a unique historic discovery. (April 29)</p><p><br /></p><p>Construction workers laying pipes in a park in southern Spain have unearthed a 600kg trove of Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bronze coins dating from the late 4th Century were found inside 19 Roman amphoras, a type of jar.</p><p>They bear images of the emperors Constantine and Maximian and it is thought they may have been used to pay soldiers or civil servants.</p><p>The Director of the Seville Archaeological Museum Ana Navarro said the discovery had incalculable value.</p><p>&quot;It is a unique collection and there are very few similar cases,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;I could not give you an economic value, because the value they really have is historical and you can&#039;t calculate that.&quot;</p><p>Work on the pipes, in the town of Tomares, has been suspended while an archaeological survey is carried out.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]vtZmOKOCZCw[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]PC4Ac6cYO3E[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]GiqXdgU1Wp0[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting find. How likely will we ever hear about it or see it public again, however? Museums need money for research.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Sorry, again, for the repost.)</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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