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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 7970871, member: 80804&quot;]Another way Roman (and other classical-era) coins got into Western soil was as hitchhikers in the ballast ships on early voyages might take on to balance their loads before a trans-oceanic passage. Mainly, they just shoveled whatever dirt and rocks which came conveniently to hand into the lower hold area. Then, if they had a sufficient load of cargo for the return voyage, they would just dump the European ballast-soil to accommodate it. A lot of the erratic finds of single European and Asian ancient coins in the Americas can be explained this way - particularly in coastal areas like Liberty County GA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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