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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2834933, member: 76194&quot;]Nearly 2000 Roman coins were found in a field in the UK by 2 metal detectorists. A Court heard from an expert at the&nbsp; British museum that they&#039;ve been able to identify the following:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Valerian, AD 253-60, 3 coins</li> <li>Salonina, 14 coins</li> <li>Saloninus, 1 coin</li> <li>Gallienus, AD 260-8, 130 coins</li> <li>Claudius II, AD 268-70, 164 coins</li> <li>Divus Claudius II, AD 270, 32 coins</li> <li>Quintillus, AD 270, 8 coins</li> <li>Aurelian, AD 270-5, 1 coin</li> <li>Postumus, AD 260-8, 1 coin</li> <li>Postumus (debased), AD 268-9, 6 coins</li> <li>Marius, AD 269, 1 coin</li> <li>Victorinus, AD 269-71, 188 coins</li> <li>Divus Victorinus, 1 coin</li> <li>Tetricus I, AD 271-4, 438 coins</li> <li>Tetricus II, 200 coins.</li> </ul><p>However, the coins are unlikely to hit the market any time soon as the Royal Institution of Cornwall is interested in purchasing the hoard, which is currently being valued by the British Museum, but there is always hope they&#039;ll eventually get tired of having dozens of identical coins for the more common emperors represented in the hoard, and eventually sell some. There are only so many Tetricus repeats one can stomach.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]669124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]669125[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/treasure-hunting-pair-unearthed-nearly-367139" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/treasure-hunting-pair-unearthed-nearly-367139" rel="nofollow">http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/treasure-hunting-pair-unearthed-nearly-367139</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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