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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 8302704, member: 5682&quot;](I hope this is not a repost)</p><p><br /></p><p>There was an interesting late Roman coin hoard found in Switzerland. Although not a spectacular find, it was interesting that imaging with a CT scan was used to more closely assess the hoard. (Translations are from Google Translate and I’m not certain of their accuracy):</p><p><br /></p><p>“JACKPOT – A POT FULL OF LATE ROMAN COINS AT BUBENDORF</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;In September 2021, volunteer Daniel Lüdin found a pot with 1,290 coins from the 4th century AD near Bubendorf&nbsp; Portions [of coins in the pot] were divided [by a piece of leather]. The timing of the concealment is unusual because the coin hoard was placed around 332-335 AD, which is</p><p>hardly known.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the link is in German, the photos are very nice. Be sure to look closely at the embedded 3D image in the link below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1469092[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1469098[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1469099[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The computed tomography clearly showed that the coins were placed in the pot in two portions.&nbsp; The thick black line between them turned out to be a piece of leather when exposed.&nbsp; Archeology Baselland</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1469096[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeologie.bl.ch/entdecken/fundstelle/155/jackpot/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeologie.bl.ch/entdecken/fundstelle/155/jackpot/" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeologie.bl.ch/entdecken/fundstelle/155/jackpot/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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