Well, hypothetical, but with much greater chances of
success than winning a lottery.
In Britian, and most any other country that was once under the rule of, or influenced by the
Roman Empire, there are, without doubt, and I think even the experts here will back me up, easily found (with or without metal dectors)
hoards that contain thousands of
roman coins of every
denomination, metal
type, and time of mintage. The trick is stumbling across, or informed guessing, or hours of research that will in the future uncover some of these
hoards. Only a small minority have been found hard as that is to believe.
What always
comes to mind when I think on this is Mr. Clays story of on
Cyprus, I believe, where a workman found numerous jars or amphorae of "ancient medallions" while
his employer or boss or the landowner was absent and tried to sell the lot for the equivalent of $100. Finding no takers, he then went to the local foundry and sold them for a pittance to be melted down. The landowner returned and managed to rescue 1400 or so out of a possible 14,000 coins.
I always encourage
Marcus with this thought. There's gold somewhere in that black Serbian soil!