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Cache Of 1,800-Year-Old Roman Coins Found By A Metal Detectorist Beneath A Farmer’s Field In England
"Something told me to go to that field. I wasn't expecting much, but then it just snowballed." English contractor David Dunn ...
Plumber stumbles across hoard of ancient coins in field: 'Once in a lifetime find'
David Dunn, a plumber from Sapcote, Leicestershire, is auctioning off 50 coins that he found while metal detecting in summer 2023. The hoard dates back to Ancient Rome.
Bathroom fitter finds once-in-lifetime hoard of Roman coins
A metal detectorist from Leicestershire has unearthed a “once-in-a-lifetime” hoard of 50 Roman coins. David Dunn, 42, a ...
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Archaeologists find 1,720-year-old Roman stone in Galilee, naming two lost villages
The inscription reads: "Diocletian and Maximian, the Augusti, and Constantius and Maximian, the Caesars, ordered the placement of this stone marking the boundaries of the fields of the settlements ...
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Skyrocketing prices are an age-old problem. Here’s how Roman emperors battled runaway inflation
Diocletian’s edict highlights the deep outrage ... meant Roman mints needed to produce more silver coins to pay the soldiers. Coins also functioned as political propaganda and helped cement ...
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Things to do in Diocletian's Palace
Some 1,700 years on, the Emperor Diocletian would still recognise his palace – or the shell of it, at least. This vast, rectangular complex fell into disuse in the sixth century, 300 years after ...
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Bathroom fitter finds once-in-lifetime hoard of Roman coins
The hoard consists of Antoninianus coins, a type used in the Roman Empire, and dates from the reigns of several rulers, including Carausius (286–293), Allectus (293–296), Diocletian (284–305 ...