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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 25469030, member: 5682&quot;]<img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_07/IMG_3946.thumb.jpeg.5c4e0f2d8ebc0acc0a76abb06c4b0ff5.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A coin from the Roman Republic, dating from approximately 82 BCE, has been discovered in Carlisle, England. This is the most recent discovery at the Carlisle site, the source of many recent Roman finds (see below). It is unclear how this coin, minted in Rome and predating Julius Caesar&#039;s arrival to the island in 55 BCE, ended up in England.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cek9vd9lr2zo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cek9vd9lr2zo" rel="nofollow">Coin minted in 82BC discovered in Carlisle Roman bathhouse dig (bbc.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Other finds at Carlisle have included this clump of Tyrian Purple:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_05/IMG_3243.thumb.jpeg.670fc667ab7341e3183a8a2db8f0abc9.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recent excavations at Carlisle had previously uncovered a soft purple mass. Recent studies have revealed that it is composed of beeswax and bromine. Researchers suggest that this is a solid sample of Tyrian purple dye, possibly a unique finding in Roman archaeology. This expensive and prized dye was only accessible to the elite of the Roman world.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the article, the rare dye was made from the glands of a marine snail, and about 12,000 of these snails were needed to obtain less than 2g of pigment.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-rare-item-worth-more-romans-weight-gold-1897206" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-rare-item-worth-more-romans-weight-gold-1897206" rel="nofollow">Archaeologists Find Rare Item Worth More to Romans Than Its Weight in Gold - Newsweek</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These beautiful gems were also recently discovered:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2023_01/909EBE5E-3AD2-4DBC-B7AD-7D739173E387.thumb.jpeg.df6c119bf05486e52a9e9d38ba57c221.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.unrv.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2023_01/FDB2F0CB-B11B-47AD-8EA5-D2DBBED7E390.thumb.jpeg.dd62cd5996271d24adba7ecbd888d61f.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/archaeology-project-uncovers-roman-gems-near-hadrians-wall/146060" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/archaeology-project-uncovers-roman-gems-near-hadrians-wall/146060" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/archaeology-project-uncovers-roman-gems-near-hadrians-wall/146060</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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